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VOL.  XIV  EUZABETHTOWN,    Pa.,    OCTOBER,    1916  No.   I 


To  The  Fringed  Gentian. 

Thou  blossom  bright  with  autumn  dew, 
And  colored  with  the  heaven's  own  blue, 
That  openest  when  the  quiet  light 
Succeeds  the  keen  and  frosty  night. 

Thou  comest  not  when  violets  lean 

O'er  wandering  brooks  and  springs  unseen, 

Or  columbines,  in  purple  dresses, 

Nod  o'er  the  ground-bird's  hidden  nest. 

Thou  waitest  late  and  com'st  alone, 
When  woods  are  bare  and  birds  are  flown, 
And  frosts  and  shortening  days  protend 
The  aged  Year  is  near  his  end. 

Then  doth  thy  sweet  and  quiet  eye 
Look  through  its  fringes  to  the  sky, 
Blue— blue— as  if  that  sky  let  fall 
A  flower  from  its  cerulean  wall. 

I  would  that  thus,  when  I  shall  see 
The  hour  of  death  draw  near  to  me, 
Hope,  blossoming  within  my  heart, 
May  look  to  heaven  as  I  depart. 

— William   Cullen   Bryant. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Language  of  the  Soul 


Paul  Engle   'i6 


A  poet  says,  "Music  is  the  language 
of  the  Soul."  Listen !  if  you  will,  to 
the  music  around  us.  Is  it  not  all 
the  language  of  the  soul?  The  calm 
sea  gently  moans  and  sings.  Now 
the  trumpet  sound  of  wind  and  break- 
er is  heard.  Then  we  hear  the  sweet 
sounds  in  the  rustling  leaves,  in  the 
rippling  waves,  in  the  chirp  of  the 
cricket,  and  in  the  songs  of  the  birds. 
Are  not  all  these  songs  the  expres- 
sion of  some  great  soul? 

Turning  to  man  we  find  that  to  him 
was  given  a  much  greater  power  of 
expressing  his  emotions  than  to  any 
other  creature  on  earth.  What  is  a 
greater  satisfaction^  to  man  than  to  be 
able  to  give  expression  to  his  emotions 
by  means  of  his  voice  or  an  instru- 
ment? Behold  how  much  he  misses 
who  is  not  able  to  do  this !  We  are 
all  so  constituted  that  we  must  give 
vent  to  our  feelings  and  because  there 
are  sentimets  which  words  alone  can- 
not convey,  music  is  given  us  to  serve 
this  purpose. 

What  is  this  language  of  the  Soul? 
A  famous  writer  says,  "The  head  is 
as  the  rudder  of  the  ship  while  the 
soul  or  will  is  the  power  that  propels 
it."  In  the  same  way  we  may  say 
that  music  is  the  ship  and  is  guided 
and  propelled  by  the  head  and  soul. 
The  head  makes  the  plans  and  sug- 
gestions while  it  remains  for  the  soul 
to  carry  them  out  or  to  destroy  them. 
The   soul   is   responsible  for   our  acts 


and  not  the  head.  It  is  the  soul  that 
gives  coloring  to  our  thoughts  and  ac- 
tions. A  bad  or  a  good  sentiment 
must  have  a  bad  or  a  good  cause  and 
the  soul  or  heart  is  this  cause.  The 
heart  is  causeless,  it  operates  at  plea- 
sure and  remains  active  till  the  end  of 
life.  The  heart  is  therefore  greater 
than  the  head.  God  does  not  ask  for 
our  minds,  but  he  constantly  demands 
our  souls.  Great  minds  we  admire, 
but  great  and  noble  hearts  we  love. 
Great  intellects  and  powerful  hearts 
are  not  often  found  united  in  one  per- 
son. One  lays  too  much  stress  on  the 
development  of  his  intellect  that  be- 
ing uppermost  in  his  mind,  while  the 
developing  of  a  strong  and  noble 
heart  is  sadly  neglected.  It  is  the 
heart  that  brings  men  together, 
though  or  action  drives  them  asunder. 
All  differences  of  religion  spring  from 
the  head.  The  heart,  or  the  love  of 
Christ  brings  all  Christians  together. 
Listen  to  Lessing's  advice,  "Build  up 
within  you  a  dominion  in  which  you 
may  be  king  and  subject  at  the  same 
time  for  the  only  possession  which 
you  may  govern  is  your  own  heart." 
And  then  let  us  remember  that  well 
known  and  splendid  advice  from  the 
wisest  man  on  earth  "Keep  thy  heart 
with  all  diligence  for  out  of  it  are  the 
issues  of  life." 

The  external  exhibition  of  our  acts 
and  emotions  all  of  which  come  from 
the   soul   is  termed   expression.     This 


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exhibition  may  be  accomplished  in 
many  ways.  It  may  be  made  by 
words,  looks,  the  voice,  colors,  and 
musical  sounds.  While  most  people 
may  be  impressed  through  art  itself, 
the  power  of  producing  such  impres- 
sions is  by  no  means  very  general.  All 
art  must  be  meaured  by  the  amount 
of  thought  and  sentiment  is  expresses; 
where  these  are  lacking  art  does  not 
exist.  The  artist's  inner  nature  must 
reveal  itself  in  his  art  if  it  is  expected 
to  influence  the  souls  of  others.  There- 
fore the  power  of  portraying  our  emo- 
tions with  expressive  music  is  the  ulti- 
mate aim  of  every  musician's  work 
and  so  far  as  expression  is  concerned 
all  should  be  artists.  An  ounce  of 
genuine  artistic  expression  is  worth  a 
pound  of  technical  skill  or  cold  theo- 
retical knowledge,  simply  because  it 
speaks  from  the  soul  to  men's  souls. 

Since  expression  means  the  external 
exhibition  of  our  thoughts  and  emo- 
tions, it  proves  that,  technical  skill 
being  equal,  he  who  stands  high  in  the 
scale  of  morality  and  intelligence  must 
surpass  him  who  stands  low  in  these 
respects. 

Marx  said  that  the  practical  musi- 
cian is  a  seer,  and  an  interpreter  of 
dreams.  Great  men's  ideas  lie  not 
near  the  surface,  like  pebbles  in  a 
shallow  stream,  but  they  lie  deep 
down,  as  the  pearls  at  the  bottom  of 
the  ocean.  To  reach  these  should  be 
the  students  object,  and  if  he  has  found 
but  one  such  pearl,  he  has  done  more 
for  himself  and  for  his  hearers  than 
he  who  has  sacks  full  of  pebbles.  Is 
music  then  merely  an  empty  pleasure? 
Is  it  just     a     love  of  display?     No! 


There  is  a  high  and  a  noble  aim  we 
have  in  view  and  that  aim  is  to  give 
expression  to  our  souls  and  to  add  to 
our  culture  and  refinement.  We  wish 
to  polish  ourselves  and  others  by 
listening  to  good  music.  We  wish  to 
arouse  sentiment  and  cause  it  to  over- 
flow into  life's  actions.  All  writers 
and  musicians  have  acknowledged  the 
superior  and  magic  power  of  the  voice. 
The  German  writer,  Schubert,  said, 
"Song  doubtless  was  the  first  article 
in  the  tone  world,  it  is  the  axis  around 
which    everything   in    art   revolves. 

God  has  given  to  the  human  race  the 
first,  the  purest,  the  most  wonderful, 
and  perfect  musical  instrument.  Men 
have  studied  and  labored  for  centuries 
trying  to  invent  some  instrument  to 
express  the  feelings  and  sentiment  of 
the  greatest  composers  and  have  suc- 
ceeded marvelously  in  their  efforts. 
But  where  is  the  instrument  that  can 
compare  with  the  God-given  gift,  the 
human  voice?  Singing  is  Heaven 
born.  Every  vocal  cord  in  all  the 
Universe  is  tuned  by  the  hand  of  the 
Divine  Musician.  No  instrument  con- 
structed with  all  the  perfection  of 
human  skill  be  it  ever  so  accurately 
made  and  delicately  tuned  can  com- 
pare with  the  perfect  human  voice.  It 
is  the  chief  means  of  exppression  of 
the  soul.  Now  that  everybody  has 
this  power  of  expression,  let  us  appre- 
ciate it  more.  Let  us  strive  to  de- 
velop it  to  a  higher  degree  and  aim  to 
perfection.  Let  us  ever  cherish  the 
God-given  gift,  this  harp  of  the  soul, 
in  praising  and  glorifying  God  and 
dedicate  it  to  the  service  of  God. 


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What  Does  the  Opening  of  School  Mean 
to  the  Student  ? 


John   G.   Hershey. 


What  is  the  message  of  September 
to  the  student  at  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege? September  is  to  the  student 
what  January  is  to  most  people.  It 
is  the  beginning  of  a  new  year,  the 
turning  over  of  a  new  leaf.  It  is  a 
new  life. 

September  is  the  time  for  the  stud- 
ent to  stop  and  look  back  over  the 
past  two  thirds  year.  He  has  likely 
just  finished  a  summer  of  joy  and 
pleasure,  but  September  is  the  time  to 
get  to  work.  The  summer  was  likely 
spent  on  the  mountain  top  of  pleas- 
ure but  in  September  we  must  come 
down  from  the  mountain  top  to  the 
plain,  the  scene  of  action.  We  may 
not  always  remain  on  the  mountain 
tops  of  pleasure  if  success  is  to  be 
gained. 

September  is  the  month  of  Golden 
Opportunities  to  the  student.  It  is 
then  that  he  starts  a  new  year,  if 
students  have  bad  habits  they  wish  to 
break,  September  is  the  time  to  break 
them.  The  student  is  then  away  from 
home  and  home  environment  and  the 
change  may  be  easy.  Start  living  this 
month  as  you  wish  to  live  the  re- 
mainder of  this  year  for  now  is  the 
time  to  form  habits. 

A  little  boy  once  lived  in  a  broad 
vale.  He  had  never  seen  anyone  be- 
sides those  in  his  own  home.     He  did 


not  know  that  there  were  other  people. 
One  day  he  wandered  away  from  home 
and  came  to  the  top  of  a  high  hill. 
How  surprised  he  was  to  see  that 
there  was  land  beyond  the  hill.  Just 
so  Elizabethtown  College  is  fto  the 
new  student.  From  Elizabethtown 
College  he  can  see  across  the  hill  into 
the  land  of  opportunities  of  which  he 
knew  nothing.  Those  who  have  come 
to  school  have  taken  the  opportunity 
and  will  likely  some  day  cross  that 
hill.  Those  who  did  not  wish  to  come 
will  most  likely  remain  in  their  own 
communities,  never  growing,  never 
broadening,  but  always  remaining  the 
same.  This  is  the  budding  of  a  new 
life  which  if  it  is  lived  rightly  will 
broaden  the  student,  extend  his  view, 
permit  him  to  see  his  opportunities, 
and  someday  allow  him  to  enjoy  the 
pleasure  of  success.  Let  us  heed  the 
poet  when  he  says : 

"Build  thee  more  stately  mansions,  oh 

my    soul, 
As  the  swift  seasons  roll ! 
Leave  thy  low-vaulted  past! 
Let  each  new  temple  nobler  than  the 

last, 
Shut  thee   from   heaven   with   a   dome 

more  vas,  t 

Till  thou  at  length  art  free, 
Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  lifes 

unresting  sea." 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


ii 


Gardens. 


Frances  Ulrich  '16. 


Have  you  ever  considered  what  an 
arbitrary  thing  a  garden  is  in  regard 
to  size?  A  garden  may  be  briefly  de- 
fined as  a  "piece  of  ground  set  aside 
for  the  cultivation  of  flowers,  fruit, 
and  vegetables."  Fortunately  for 
everyone,  the  word  "piece"  has  never 
been  given  any  definite  size.  Accord- 
ingly, then  a  window  box  may  be  call- 
ed a  garden,  in  miniature.  When  God 
makes  a  lovely  thing  He  makes  it  lit- 
tle, don't  you  know?  For  little  things 
are  sweetest.  In  a  window  box  the 
daintiest  and  loveliest  flowers  of  the 
garden  show  to  best  advantage,  they 
are  not  dwarfed  by  their  surroundings 
and  crowded  out  by  larger  growths. 
For  interesting  and  intensive  garden- 
ing fifty  feet  by  a  hundred  feet  is  per- 
haps the  best  size.  You  can  not  be- 
gin to  imagine  the  pleasure  and  in- 
spiration a  garden  that  size  will  give 
you.  Neither  would  you  dream  that 
so  many  exquisite  flowers  could  grow- 
and  bloom  in  so  small  a  space.  The 
amount  of  growth  does  not  depend  up- 
on size :  arrangement  and  care  are 
the  big  factors  in  making  a  garden 
productive.  Owners  could  have 
double  the  pleasure  in  their  gardens 
by  working  in  them  and  becoming  in- 
timately acquainted  with  their  flowers. 
You  do  not  enjoy  and  appreciate  that 
for  which  you  have  not  worked. 
Hence  a  larger  garden  will  not  yield 
the  profit  and  pleasure  a  smaller  one 
does  because  you   can  not  personally 


do  the  work  in  it.  If  you  want  a  gar- 
den of  several  acres  plan  it  and  work 
in  it  with  your  imagination.  Have 
you  thought  that  you  can  own  more 
land  than  is  yours  by  deed  of  law? 
All  the  beautiful  gardens  you  have 
ever  seen  are  yours  in  pleasant  memo- 
ry. How  large  a  garden  do  you  now 
own?  The  world  is  a  garden  in  which 
you  are  part  owner. 

An  immense  garden  like  the  world 
can  easily  be  subdivided  into  classes. 
The  two  recognized  classes  are  form- 
al and  informal.  Formal  gardens,  the 
word  defines  itself,  are  stately  and 
dignified,  but  there  is  a  hint  of  arti- 
ficiality about  them.  Man's  handi- 
work occupies  too  prominent  a  place, 
fountains,  sculpture  and  architecture 
are  in  the  foreground ;  Nature,  in  the 
background.  The  wQrld  is  possibly 
the  best  example  of  an  informal  gar- 
den. Informal  gardens  are  loveable, 
happy-go-lucky  places  where  flowers 
grow  luxuriantly  and  naturally  and 
where  birds  and  bees  are  perfectly  at 
home.  Grandmothers'  gardens,  an- 
other class,  must  have  been  informal — 
kindly,  personal  gardens  in  which  you 
felt  a  spirit  of  love  and  care.  Though 
old  fashioned  gardens  are  often  creat- 
ed by  landscape  gardeners,  yet  they 
lack  the  charm  of  a  grandmother's 
garden  or  one  planned  by  yourself. 
In  making  your  garden,  has  it  occur- 
red to  you  that  two  more  classes  of 
gardens   have    sprung   up — the   vacant 


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lot  and  the  public  gardens  or  parks? 
Through  the  interested  work  of  child- 
ren and  of  various  organizations,  they 
are  becoming  a  part  of  our  national 
life.  In  a  class  by  itself  is  the  road- 
side garden,  or  garden  of  weeds  as 
some  may  slightingly  call  it.  This  is 
truly  everybody's  garden  for  which  we 
should  have  due  respect  and  sympathy. 
Flowers  growing  by  the  wayside  are 
prettier  than  those  you  cultivate.  In 
spite  of  all  obstacles  and  with  no  ap- 
preciation, the  roadside  garden  con- 
tinues to  cheer  and  beautify  many  a 
lonely  spot. 

Since  these  roadside  gardens  are 
numerous  and  free,  why  should  you 
have  a  garden  of  your  own?  You 
must  ever  be  fighting  all  sorts  of  ene- 
mies and  spending  valuable  time  help- 
ing the  garden  to  grow.  Does  it  not 
seem  that  the  responsibility  outweighs 
the   benefits   of  a   garden?     To   those 


who  are  shut  in  all  day  a  garden  is 
invaluable.  It  creates  a  bond  between 
neighbors  and  affords  a  topic  of  inter- 
est among  friends.  Great  things  are 
always  happening— the  pushing  forth 
of  a  new  leaf  is  a  marvelous  event,  of 
greater  importance  to  you  than  affairs 
of  politics  or  the  progress  of  the  Euro- 
pean War.  In  watching  the  growth 
of  your  garden  you  are  refreshed  and 
soothed  and  unconsciously  made  gent- 
ler by  the  calm,  determined  life  of 
your  plants.  You  are  taught  patience 
by  the  slowness  of  your  garden's 
growth;  justice  and  toleration  com- 
pels you  to  leave  some  personally  ob- 
jectionable plants  stand  for  the  good 
of  others.  Your  garden  gives  you 
simplicity,  sincerity,  and  faith,  and  in 
becoming  as  a  little  child,  it  leads  you 
back  to  the  Creator  of  the  first  gar- 
den. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


13 


The  Symbol  of  Service 


Ada   M.   Brandt  '16. 


There  are  men  who  are  continually 
theorizing.  They  live  in  their  dreams 
and  visions.  They  expect  to  do  great 
things  in  the  future,  but  are  complete- 
ly wrapped  up  in  their  good  intentions. 
They  never  have  time  to  carry  out 
their  charitable  plans.  If  intentions 
are  to  help  humanity  they  must  be- 
come activities. 

Knowledge  is  important  and  the 
Bible  says,  "Wisdom  is  more  precious 
than  rubies,"  but  with  the  ideal  man, 
knowledge  is  made  manifest  in  practi- 
cal service.  The  practical  man  'has 
no  patience  with  the  theorist;  ;to  him 
thinking,  feeling,  and  dreaming  have 
become  practical.  He  not  only  thinks 
but  knows  he  should  serve,  not  only 
hears  but  sees,  not  only  is  concerned, 
but  acts. 

Look  around  you  and  see  the  dis- 
tressing condition  of  humanity.  Some 
are  on  the  beds  of  sickness,  others  in 
invalid  chairs,  while  many  of  the  aged 
and  infirm  are  sitting  alone  for  hours 
with  no  one  to  cheer  them.  Many  are 
in  need  of  food  and  clothing,  and  tired 
mothers  are  longing  for  the  willing 
hands  of  their  daughters  to  assist  in 
the  home.  All  these  scenes  are  calls 
to  service — emphatic  calls  for  immedi- 
ate use  of  the  hand  which  is  the  sym- 
bol of  service. 

In  some  families  there  are  persons 
of  no  practical  service  to  the  house- 
hold or  community,  and  tho'  there  are 
many    distressing   conditions     around 


them  yet  they  remain  indifferent. 
Their  hands  are  not  symbols  of  ser- 
vice. Behold  Ruth,  toiling  with  her 
hands  in  the  harvest  fields,  in  the  hot 
sun,  and  at  noon  eating  the  plain 
bread  with  the  reapers !  To-day  many 
do  not  care  to  think  of  Ruth,  for  her 
life  is  too  simple,  strenuous,  and  too 
commonplace.  Many  young  people 
prefer  to  use  their  hands  in  shuffling 
and  distributing  cards  at  parties,  or 
striking  the  balls  to  and  fro  on  the 
pool  table.  Hands  engaged  in  such 
service  labor  in  vain.  We  should  aim 
to  do  something  worth  while,  even 
tho'  our  opportunities  for  serving  are 
not  so  great  as  others.  For,  it  is  not 
what  we  could  do  if  things  were  dif- 
ferent, but  what  we  do  with  the  things 
at  hand,  that  shows  our  real  worth. 
If  we  are  not  able  to  be  some  re- 
nowned missionary,  teacher,  or  nurse 
in  Africa,  India,  or  China,  we  can  at 
least  lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  shift- 
less, ignorant  and  irreligious  people 
just  around  the  corner.  We  should 
start  now.  The  things  we  did  in  past 
years  will  not  do  for  this  year;  we 
should  reach  out  for  new  experiences; 
we  should  keep  working;  going  on 
from  more  to  more ;  doing  more  than 
is  expected  of  us ;  this  and  this  alone 
is  true  service. 

True  service  is  not  rendered  by  get- 
ting all  we  can.  but  by  giving  all  we 
can.  How  many  noble  men  and  wo- 
men in  the  professional  world  are  giv- 


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ing  their  very  lives  in  service.  Hund- 
reds of  noble  teacher's  hands  are 
beckoning  the  youth  of  our  land  to  a 
higher,  nobler  life.  Nurses  and  phy- 
sicians are  on  the  battlefield  standing 
in  the  midst  of  the  cannon's  roar,  band- 
aging the  soldier's  wounds,  bathing 
the  fevered  brow,  listening  to  their 
dying  words  and  telling  the  sad  news 
to  the  sorrowing  widows  and  mothers. 
We  are  our  brother's  keeper  whether 
we  wish  to  be  or  not.  How  dare  we 
close  our  eyes  to  the  distressed  about 
us  or  stop  our  ears  to  the  cries  of  the 
needy? 

Again,  there  are  many  hands  in  the 
industrial  world,  that  are  working  for 
the  interests  of  humanity.  They  are 
making  garments  for  the  homeless  wo- 
men and  children  of  the  warring  coun- 
tries. To  many  people  a  woman  mak- 
ing garments  would  scarcely  be  worth 
mentioning.  But  all  these  will  some 
day  be  rewarded  as  was  Dorcas  of  old. 

Let  me  direct  you  to  one  whose 
hand  toils  in  the  domestic  world.  Can 
you  think  of  a  hand  that  does  more  foi 
you  than  that  of  your  sainted  mother? 
It  is  because  she  loves  you.  Thro* 
love  and  years  she  burns  the  roses 
from  her  cheek  and  the  color  from  her 
hair.  Like  an  angel  she  moves  about 
silently  in  the  home ;  her  serenity,  her 
peace,  her  reserve,  does  not  mean  that 
she  does  not  love,  but  that  she  has 
transmuted  her  feelings  not  into 
words,  but  into  practical  service,  self- 
sacrifice,  patience  that  gives  all  and 
asks  nothing  in  return. 

Thus  we  see  that  the  hand  is  the 
symbol  of  service  and  it  ministers  to 
us  not  only  in  a  physical  way  but  also 
in  a  psychical  way.  Helen  Keller,  the 
deaf,  dumb,  and  blind  girl  of  America, 


tells  us  that  in  greeting  strangers,  the 
first  impression  she  receives  is  not 
physical  but  psychical.  She  does  not 
notice  whether  that  hand  is  large  or 
small,  hot  or  cold,  but  whether  it  is 
tender  and  sympathetic.  Christ  calls 
you  and  me  to  service  and  the  hand  is 
the  symbol  of  service.  He  does  not 
call  us  to  stop  doing  wrong,  but  calls 
us  to  the  path  of  usefulness  and  vir- 
tue. He  has  chosen  and  ordained  us 
that  we  should  bring  forth  fruit.  We 
are  called  not  to  die  and  be  saved,  but 
to  live  and  serve  others.  We  are  elect- 
ed for  the  glory  of  God,  but  the  glory 
of  God  is  the  redemption  of  the  race. 
We  are  saved  by  grace  but  elected  to 
service. 

God  wants  strong  men  and  women 
in  the  educational  field  to  train  boys 
and  girls  to  become  good  citizens. 
Let  us  then  do  what  our  hand  finds  to 
do  and  be  silent.  Let  us  count  our 
wages  a  zero.  Let  us  be  willing  to 
be  some  unseen  screw  at  the  bottom  of 
the  ship  rather  than  a  conspicuous 
one.  For  it  is  not  always  the  big 
thing  that  counts.  Did  you  ever  think 
that  the  working  of  the  greatest  forces 
in  life  are  done  in  silence.  You  can 
not  hear  the  sun  draw  up  into  the  sky 
the  millions  of  drops  of  water  that  fall 
as  rain.  Nor  can  you  hear  the  groan- 
ings  of  the  fibres  of  the  mighty  oak 
as .  it  grows  to  its  wondrous  strength 
and  height.  Let  us  then  not  become 
discouraged.  Let  us  do  the  things  we 
intend  now.  Post  mortem  kindness 
will  not  cheer  nor  help  your  friends. 

Will  you  not  enlist  in  this  life  of 
service?  Let  us  keep  near  to  God  and 
serve  Him  so  that  we  may  be  near 
Him  in  heaven.  Death  will  only  move 
us  forward  in  the  direction  we  went 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


15 


in  life.  Would  you  not  rather  be 
found  in  active  service  with  sleeves 
rolled  up,  than  always  taking  hold  of 
life  with  a  kid-gloved  hand?  You  will 
only  be  remembered  by  what  you  have 
done. 

Christ  is  a  glorious  example  of  ser- 
vice. He  served  his  fellowmen.  He 
bore  the  burdens  of  the  burdened.  Yes, 
His  hand  was  the  symbol  of  true  ser- 
vice. And  if  He  lived  in  our  cities  to- 
day and  saw  the  white  slave  traffic 
carried  on  His  anger  would  flame  out. 
He  would   not  allow  the  days  to  go 


by  with  folded  hands,  but  would  try 
to  remedy  conditions. 

Therefore,  let  us  not  be  so  stiff,  so 
reserved,  so  proud,  so  formal.  Let  us 
not  waste  our  time  criticizing  others. 
Let  us  endeaver  to  do  our  best  wheth- 
er in  the  school  room,  in  the  pulpit, 
in  the  office,  or  in  the  home.  Let  us 
live  and  so  serve  that  when  we  ap- 
proach our  graves,  we  may  do  so  with 
an  unfaltering  trust,  feeling  that  we 
have  played  our  part  well,  and  that  we 
have  put  into  the  life  of  some  human 
being  a  few  touches  of  rosy  sunset. 


EDITORIAL  BOARD 

HELEN    G.    OELLIG,   Editor-in-Chief 
ASSOCIATE    EDITORS 


Eva    Arbegast     . .  . .  j School    Noteg 

Melvin    Shisler    ...    < 

Ruth  Bucher    Alumni  Notes 

Florence  Moyer   K.  L.   S.  Notes 

Frances   Ulrich    . .' Homerian  Notes 


A.    C.    Baugher    Exchanges 

John    Graham    Athletics 

David  H.  Markey   Business  Manager 

John   Hershey    Ass't   Manager 

Ruth  Kilhefner   Art 


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October 

"Oh,    suns    and    skies    and    flowers    of 
June 

Count  all  your  boasts  together; 
Ye  cannot  rival  for  one  hour 

October's  bright,  blue  weather." 

Who  is  able  to  look  over  a  landscape 
covered  with  winter's  warm,  white 
mantle  without  a  feeling  of  awe?  Who 
is  able  to  arise  on  a  morning  in  early- 
spring  and  listen  to  the  song  of  the 
birds,  see  the  sun  creeping  slowly  up 
over  the  mountain,  see  new  life  spring- 
ing into  existence  on  every  side  and 


not  feel  his  heart  beat  just  a  little 
faster?  Who  is  able  to  go  into  a  field 
in  summer  and  not  feel  the  gratitude 
due  to  the  bountiful  Giver  of  all?  Who 
can  look  over  the  landscape  at  this 
time  of  the  year  and  not  feel  his  pulse 
tingle? 

In  autumn  we  feel  that  Nature  has 
just  about  completed  the  work  of  an- 
other season.  October  seems  to  be 
a  pause  after  these  numerous  activi- 
ties have  ceased.  Ceased?  No,  Na- 
ture never  ceases  her  activities ;  she 
never  sleeps     but     sometimes     needs 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


17 


periods  of  repose  and  relaxation. 
Autumn  is  a  time  of  peace  and  field  and 
sky  are  blended  in  a  harmony  of 
beautiful  colors.  Summer  seems  to 
be  lingering-  in  the  air,  yet  the  first 
severe  frosts  have  come.  The  first 
chestnuts  are  falling.  The  more  hardy 
flowers  are  still  blooming  in  garden 
and  wood.  The  trees  are  changing 
their  modest  mantles  of  green  for 
dresses  of  scarlet,  russet,  and  yellow. 
There  is  an  abundance  of  life  on  every 
side.  Yet  we  are  brought  to  the 
realization  that  all  Nature  is  in  a 
state  of  transition.  She  is  getting 
ready  for  a  long  rest.  So  she  makes 
her  last  impression  one  of  such  won- 
drous beauty  that  we  have  a  pleasant 
memory  for  the  bleak  days  of  winter. 
It  is  as  some  one  has  beautifully  said, 
"The  miracle  of  autumn  becomes  more 
wonderful  as  it  repeats  itself  in  indi- 
vidual experience.  It  has  less  to  say 
to  children  than  spring,  but  infinitely 
more  to  say  to  their  elders.  May  is 
for  hope,  October  is  for  memory." 

The  poet  has  said  that  in  June  come 
perfect  days,  if  they  ever  come.  But 
what  can  be  more  perfect  than  a  day 
in  October?  The  sky  is  a  deep  celes- 
tial blue,  almost  cloudless.  The  air  is 
bracing  and  invigorating.  The  sun- 
sets are  exquisite.  No  artist  could 
produce  on  canvass  the  marvelous 
harmonies  of  color  which  the  Master 
Artist  paints  in  the  sky. 

Our  lives  are  like  the  seasons.     The 


springtime  of  youth  is  the  time  of 
hope,  the  time  of  preparation  for  the 
summer  of  life.  It  is  the  time  when 
the  skies  are  clear  and  ambition  is 
high.  It  is  the  time  for  sowing  the 
seed,  the  results  of  which  we  shall 
reap  in  the  autumn  of  life. 

Then  comes  the  summer,  the  time 
when  crops  mature,  the  time  for  at- 
taining the  stature  of  manhood  and 
womanhood.  At  this  time  life  is  at 
its  best.  The  sun  is  high  in  the  sky. 
Life  grows  sweeter  and  sweeter.  Fol- 
lowing this  time  of  growth  comes  the 
golden  autumn,  the  time  when  we 
shall  reap  if  we  have  not  faint-heart- 
edly performed  the  tasks  of  the  past 
summer.  As  we  have  sown  so  shall 
we  reap.  So  if  we  wish  this  month 
which  is  for  memory  to  be  full  of 
golden  recollections,  the  spring  and 
summer  now  in  the  past  must  have 
been  beautifful  in  themselves.  A  peace- 
ful pause  will  prepare  us  for  the  win- 
ter. 

Let  us  live  this  October  as  we  wish 
to  live  the  October  of  life.  Let  us 
make  each  bright,  blue  day  so  beau- 
tiful that  we  can  say,  "Well,  this  is 
the  end  of  a  perfect  day."  May  the 
sunsets  of  our  lives  be  as  the  sunsets 
of  Nature,  the  beautiful  closing  of  a 
well  spent  life,  and  just  as  the  sun- 
sets of  October  give  inspiration  to  us 
so  may  the  sunsets  of  life  be  an  inspi- 
ration to  our  fellowmen. 


QF  Rf 


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Tennis  courts  busy! 

Boost   "Our   College   Times." 

Other  activities  in  the  Art  Depart- 
ment soon  ! 

Miss  Sadie  Carper  of  Palmyra,  visit- 
ed here  recently. 

Anybody  feeling-  homesick?  Cheer 
up ! 

Miss  Gretna  Beitzle  of  Dillsburg, 
visited    Miss    Brenisholtz    recently. 

Mr.  C.  M.  Wenger  stopped  on  Col- 
lege Hill  a  short  time  on  Sunday. 

Great  interest  is  being  manifested 
in  the  hall  and  weekly  prayer  meet- 
ings. 

We  wonder  why  Mr.  Baugher  goes 
to  the  post  office  so  early  on  Monday 
morning. 

There  are  several  large  classes  in 
drawing.  The  work  is  in  charge  of 
Miss  Kilhefner. 

We  expect  to  have  an  outing  to 
Donegal  Springs  in  a  week  or  two. 
We  are  hoping  for  a  chestnut  outing 
too.     Come   again,    social   committee. 


If  you  find  a  stray  bug,  give  it  to 
some  member  of  the  Zoology  class. 
It  will  be  appreciated. 

It  is  too  late  this  fall,  but  would 
not  a  tennis  tournament  be  a  splendid 
thing  for  those  who  enjoy  the  sport? 

Did  you  send  "Our  College  Times" 
to  the  home  folks?  They  would  en- 
joy it  too. 

We  were  glad  to  have  Rev.  E.  G. 
Diehm  with  us  in  our  Chapel  exercises 
recently.  We  much  enjoyed  his  words 
of  encouragement.  He  has  charge  of 
a  church  in  central  Pennsylvania. 

According  to  Miss  Dormer's  theory, 
horses  are  fed  only  six  days  a  week. 

Ezra  Weno-er  in  Zoology: — "Prof, 
what  kind  of  a  worm  is  a  book- 
worm?" 

This  coming  Sunday  the  work  of 
the  outpost  Sunday  Schools,  viz.,  New- 
ville  and  Stephen's  Hill  will  reopen. 
The  Workers  are  eager  to  get  back  to 
their  work.  We  wish  them  great  suc- 
cess. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


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The  Volunteer  Band  organized  as 
follows : 

Pres. — Harry    D.    Moyer 

V.   Pres.— A.  C.   Baugher 

Sec. — Inez  E.  Byers 

Mr.  Ephraim  Hertzler  of  Meyers- 
town,  one  of  our  former  stndents, 
spent  Saturdey  and  Sunday  on  College 
Hill. 

Elizabethtown  College  has  recently 
received  very  pleasant  news.  Mrs. 
Mary  Geiger  bequeathed  a  thousand 
-dollars  to  the  College. 

Elmer  Minnich,  a  former  student 
at  the  College,  was  elected  to  the 
ministry  by  the  Annville  Church. 

The  physical  culture  classes  re- 
port enjoyable  lessons  twice  a  week. 

The  following  former  students  ex- 
pect to  enter  the  teaching  profession 
this  fall:  Miss  Iva  Long,  Miss  Ruth 
Taylor.  Miss  Ella  Booz,  Miss  Naomi 
Longenecker,  Miss  Esther  Falken- 
stein.  Miss  Pauline  Weaver,  and  Miss 
Mabelle  Harlacher.  We  wish  (them 
abundant  success  in  their  new  fields 
of  activity. 

The  social  committee  has  been  very 
active  this  year.  The  first  night  of 
our  arrival  we  had  a  "get  acquainted" 
social.  Everyone  enjoyed  it  immens- 
ly.  Since  then  we  had  a  "clock  social" 
and  an  "auction."  The  student  body 
appreciates  the  thoughtfulness  on  the 
part  of  the  Social  Committee  in  ar- 
ranging these  enjoyable  events.  We 
believe  they  realize  the  value  of  social 
culture. 

Miss  Mary  Spidle.  of  Huntsdale, 
Pa.,  visited  College  Hill  several  days 
last  week.  She  expects  to  teach  this 
fall 


Our  lecture  course  has  not  been  pub- 
licly announced  as  yet,  but  we  are  ex- 
pecting an  announcement  soon. 

Prof  Ober— "Mr.  Fogelsanger,  of 
what  species  in  the  animal  kingdom  is 
the  female  the  most  beautiful?" 

Mr.  Fogelsanger  (thoughtfully) — 
"The  human." 

Mr.  Lester  Meyer  has  accepted  a  po- 
sition as  teacher  in  the  Brownstown 
High  School.  He  will  teach  Physics, 
Geometry  and  Rhetoric.  Good  luck! 
Mr.  Meyer. 

Prof,  and  Mrs.  Via  have  taken  up 
their  residence  in  the  "cottage."  Miss 
Gertrude  Miller,  Mrs.  Via's  sister, 
lives  with  them. 

Miss  Letha  Rover  is  our  matron 
this  year.  She  has  several  able  assist- 
ants and  we  feel  that  they  will  take 
good  care  of  us  this  year. 

The  students  have  been  delighted 
by  the  grapes  and  peaches  we  have 
been  having  on  the  table.  The  roast- 
ing ears  were  appreciated  too. 

Prof,  and  Mrs.  I.  J.  Kreider  recent- 
ly visited  us.  Needless  to  say  we 
were  glad  to  see  our  old  friends.  They 
are  living  in  Bainbridge,  Pa. 

The  College  campus  is  very  pretty 
just  now.  The  students  make  good 
use  of  it  and  one  may  see  small  groups 
seated   around   reading  or  studying. 

Dr.  Reber  gave  us  a  very  helpful 
Chapel  talk  on  September  21.  His 
subject  was  "The  Relation  of  the 
Sexes." 

On  September  14  the  Senior  Class 
met  for  organization.  Mr.  A.  C. 
Baugher  was  elected  president  of  the 
Class.  We  predict  a  successful  year 
for  the  Seniors  under  his  guidance. 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


Back  to  College  Hill  again !  How 
much  that  means  to  us  for  it  is  here 
that  we  really  live  and  not  merely  ex- 
ist. Every  thing  seems  to  indicate 
that  we  will  have  a  successful  year. 
We  notice  many  "old  students"  but 
there  are  many  new  ones  too.  The 
dormitories  are  almost  filled.  Some  of 
the  students  were  not  able  to  come 
September  4,  but  they  came  later.  The 
faculty  has  been  busily  assigning  our 
work  and  we  now  feel  that  we  are  fair 
lv  started  on  another  school  year. 


Homerian  Society  Notes. 

The  Homerian  Literary  Society  met 
in  public  session  on  Friday  evening, 
September  15.  The  program  render- 
ed was  as  follows :  Piano  Solo :  "Ara- 
besque by  Chaminade" — Viola  With- 
ers; Readings:  "Lochinvar"  and  "In 
the  Usual  Way" — Lore  Brenisholtz; 
Piano  Solo  :  "Impromptu" — Floy  G. 
Good ;  Short  addresses  by  Linneaus 
Earhart  and  Owen  Hershey  (alumni)  ; 
Discussion:  Prof.  H.  H.  Nye;  Speak- 
ers Retiring  Address :  "Living  for 
Life"- Prof.   R.  W.  Schlosser. 


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Keystone   Society   Notes 

At  the  opening  of  this  another 
School  Year,  when  School  Life  is 
again  renewing  its  former  activities, 
there  is  probably  no  greater  force 
which  will  tend  toward  the  success  of 
this  year  than  the  Literary  Societies; 
especially  the  Keystone  Society,  since 
this  Society  meets  the  needs  of  new  as 
well  as  of  old  students,  in  that  it  serv- 
es as  a  means  of  entertainment  and 
recreation,  and  also  a  very  splendid 
means  of  self  improvement.  The  So- 
ciety  has   thus   far   had   the   pleasure 


of  initiating  fifteen  new  members,  and 
it  is  hoped  that  all  other  new  students 
will  realize  the  value  in  becoming  a 
member  of  this  Society. 

Friday  night,  September  8th,  mark- 
ed a  very  interesting  meeting  of  the 
Society.  The  first  feature  of  the  pro- 
gram was  a  Reading  entitled  "The 
Correction  of  Bennie,"  By  Miss  Eckert 
This  was  followed  by  a  much  enjoyed 
Piano  Solo  by  Miss  Bucher.  The  Re- 
ferred Question  "What  is  the  Message 
of  September  to  the  New  Student?" 
was  well  discussed  by  Mr.  John  Her- 
shey, and  the  Recitation  "Hustle  and 
Grin"  by  Miss  Arbegast  was  indeed 
an  inspiration  to  the  new  student.  The 
Select  Reading  entitled  "Company" 
by  Mr.  A.  C.  Baugher  was  much  en- 
joyed, also  the  Vocal  Solo  by  Mr- 
Lester  Meyer.  The  program  was  on 
the  whole  a  very  worthy  one  to  begin 
•"lie  new  school  year. 

On  Friday,  September  22nd,  the 
newly  electeed  officers  were  inaugu- 
rated. They  were:  President,  Eva 
Arbegast:  Vice  President,  Melvim 
Shissler;  Secretary,  Mary  Hiestand, 
and  Critic,  Prof.  H.  A.  Via. 

A  splendid  program  was  then  given 
the  first  feature  of  which  was  the  in- 
augural address  on  the  subject  of  "Ap- 
preciation," by  Miss  Arbegast.  Fol- 
lowing this  was  the  initiation  of  five 
new  members  into  the  Society.  The 
program  then  rendered  was  as  fol- 
lows—Piano Solo,  "Au  Matin,"  Flor- 
ence Moyer;  Essay,  "Is  there  any  Se- 
cret in  Success?",  Melvin  Shissler p 
Recitation,  Sallie  Miller;  Music,  "Car- 
ry Me  Back  to  Old  Virginny,"  -by  a 
Mixed  Quartette;  Original  Dialogue — 
Study  Hour  in  Room  43— Henry  Her- 
shey and  Walter  Landis ;  Piano  Duet„ 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


21 


Misses  Moyer  and  Bucher.  The  Lit- 
erary Echo  given  by  Reuben  Fogel- 
sanger,  as  the  closing  feature  of  the 
program,  proved  to  be  most  interest- 
ing, and  was  appreciated  by  all  pres- 
ent. 

Athletic   Notes. 

Students  when  entering  school 
should  find  some  way  in  which  to  im- 
prove their  bodies  physically.  Every 
student  should  realize  that  if  they 
wish  to  have  clear  minds  they  must 
have  strong  and  vigorous  bodies.  Our 
school  offers  opportunities  for  physi- 
cal development. 

Many  of  the  students  are  at  present 
thoroughly  enjoying  tennis.  Most  of 
the  students  have  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  it.  We  hope  that  before  this 
school  year  closes  all  will  become  in- 
terested. 

On  the  evening  of  Sept.  22  we  were 


able  to  play  a  game  of  baseball.     The 
line-up : 

Red  Roses  White  Roses 

J.  Hershey,  p.  &  2b  H.  Hershey,  p. 
O.  Hershey,  2b  &  p.Myer,  c. 
Folgesanger,  c.  Shissler,  cf. 


Seiders,  ss. 
Long,  If. 
Ekroth,   ib. 
Shinkham,  3b. 
Sherman,  rf. 
Graham,   cf. 


Landis,   ib. 
Ebersole,   2b. 
Taylor,    3b. 
Young,  rf. 
H.  Wenger,  ss. 
Graybill,  If. 


Runs  scored:  O.  Hershey  4;  J.  Her- 
shey 2 ;  Folgesanger  1 ;  Long  1 ;  Ek- 
roth 1;  Graham  1;  H.  Hershey  2; 
Myer  1 ;  Shissler  1 ;  Landis  1 ;  Taylor 
1;  Final  score:  Red  Roses  16;  Whitt 
Roses  6. 

The  various  basket  ball  teams  have 
started  light  practice  under  the  guid- 
ance of  the  star  players.  They  expect 
to  have  the  teams  in  good  condition 
by  the  opening  of  the  season. 


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The  Alumni  Notes  of  this  school 
year  are  to  be  written  by  a  new  and 
probably  one  of  the  youngest  mem- 
bers of  the  association.  We  sincere- 
ly hope  that  all  the  fellow-members  of 
this  association  will  help  to  make 
these  notes  as  interesting  as  possible 
by  letting  us  know  your  whereabouts 
and  of  your  successes. 

Mr.  I.  E.  Oberholtzer  '06,  sailed  to 
China  as  a  missionary. 

Frances  L.  Olweiler  '11,  has  gone 
back  to  Harverd  University  at  Cam- 
bridge. 

The  following  are  students  at  Juni- 
ata College  this  school  year:  Miss 
Floy  S.  Crouthamel  '10.  Messrs.  Wal- 
ter Eshelman  '12,  E.  G.  Diehm  '13, 
Albert  Reber  '13,  and  C.  J.  Rose.  We 
sincerely  extend  to  them  our  best 
wishes  in  their  work. 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania  al- 
so has  some  of  our  alumni  members  as 
students;  namely:  I.  Z.  Hackman  '07, 
Owen  Hershey  '15,  Paul  H.  Engle  '16, 
C.  M.  Wenger  '16.  To  these  also  do 
we  extend  our  best  wishes. 

Mr.  Lineaus  Earhart  '10,  is  principal 
of  a  high  school  at  Conshohocken,  Pa. 


Joshua  Reber  '14,  has  charge  of  com- 
mercial work  in  the  high  school  at 
Williamsport,  Pa. 

Miss  Daisy  Rider  '10,  takes  a  posi- 
tion as  teacher  of  art  at  McPherson 
College,  Kan. 

Mr.  H.  H.  Nye  '15,  who  took  his  A. 
M.  degree  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, last  June  is  back  on  College 
Hill  teaching  Sociology,  History,  Rhet- 
oric,  etc. 

Mr.  Jacob  Gingrich  '15,  will  enter 
Manchester  College  as  a  student. 

Mrs.  Jennie  Via  '09,  who  was  teach- 
ing Voice  and  Piona  at  Hebron  Semi- 
nary, has  charge  of  the  Voice  Depart- 
ment on  College  Hill.  Her  husband, 
Mr.  H.  A.  Via  is  our  Commercial  Prin- 
cipal. 

Mr.  H.  H.  Lehman  '04,  and  wife  of 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  were  visiting  here 
Sept.  10,  1916.  We  were  delighted  to 
see  some  of  the  dlder  members  of  our 
Alumni. 

Mr.  Holmes  Falkenstein  has  a  posi- 
tion as  principal  of  the  Downingtown 
High  School. 

Miss  Rebeka  Sheaffer  '13  has  en- 
tered   Ursinus    College. 


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Miss  Ruth  Landis  'i6,  has  entered 
Blue  Ride  College,  as  assistant  teach- 
er in  Commercial  work. 

Miss  Bertha  Perry  'i6,  has  entered 
Mt.  Morris  College  as  assistant  teach- 
er in  the  Voice  Department. 

The  following  are  teaching  public 
school :  Misses  Grace  Moyer  '15, 
Naomi  Longenecker  '16,  Ada  Brandt 
'16,  Ada  Doutv'16,  Anna  Schwenk  '16, 
Esther  Falkenstein  '16;  Mr.  Ephraim 
Hertzler  '16. 

Mr.  Lester  Myer  '16,  has  a  position 
in  the  Brownstown  High  School.  He 
will  teach  Physics  and  Chemistry,  etc. 
Mr.  Harvey  K.  Geyer  '16,  entered 
Lebanon  Valley  College  Sept.  18,  1916. 

Miss  Nora  Reber  '13,  will  complete 
her  College  Course  at  Mt.  Morris  in  '17 

Misses  Ada   Brandt     '16,     Florence 


Miller  '10  and  Rhoda  Miller  '14,  have 
been  visiting  friends  and  relatives 
here  since  the  opening  of  school. 

A  baby  girl,  Marian  Iren,  arrived 
at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
Shank.  Mrs.  Irene  Sheetz  Shank  was 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1913. 

Mrs.  Elmer  Martin  '09.  Is  the  fond 
mother  of  a  baby  boy.  Paul,  born 
Sept.  6,   1916. 

o 

Correction  of  error: 

In  the  July  issue  of  "Our  College 
Times"  it  was  stated  that  Prof.  J.  H. 
Fries  and  Miss  Gertrude  Hess  were 
married  June  30.  1916.  This  news 
was  gotten  from  the  "North  Ameri- 
can" which  had  the  wrong  date.  The 
correct  time  was  July  6,  1916.  They 
were  married  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Barnhart 
at  Hagerstown,  Md. 


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What  can  we  do  with  our  school 
paper  this  year?  This  depends  upon 
you  and  me.  Do  you  realize  that  we 
have  met  to  improve  our  paper?  This 
■means  patience  and  preseverance,  the 
product  is  certain  to  follow. 

We  want  to  make  the  school  paper 
of  this  year  better  than  ever  before. 
This  can  be  done  if  we,  the  assiciate 
editors,  cooperate  with  the  editor-in- 
chief.  But  to  be  more  definite,  the 
standards  of  a  paper  are  largely  what 
the  criterions  or  the  exchange  editors, 
make  them.  Then,  let  us,  editors,  feel 
that  we  can  do  much  for  the  paper  if 
we  cooperate,  and  interchange  our 
thoughts   mutually.     We     should     do 


this  in  a  kind  and  uplifting  way  and 
they  will,  we  hope,  be  received  in  the 
same  manner. 

Then  we  conclude  that  the  true  aim 
of  the  Exchange  Department  is,  to 
improve  your  paper  and  ours  by  giv- 
ing and  receiving  suggestions,  or  in 
other  words,  we,  the  exchange  editors, 
are  to  give  and  receive  reciprocally. 
May  we  get  the  full  benefit  of  this  de- 
partment during  the  year. 

Thus  far,  we  can  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  only  two  papers,  the  Evan- 
gelical Visitor  and  the  Carlisle  Arrow. 
But  we  eagerly  await  the  coming  of 
many  more. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES  25 


Elizabethtown  College  Lecture  Course 
For  19 1 6--1  7 


Lecture — "The  Four  Largest  Ships" 
Oct.  13,  1916,  by  Prof.  W.  A.  Price  of 
Highland  Pork  College,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

Lecture — "American's  Destiny,"  No- 
vember 2,  1916,  by  Chancellor  George 
H.  Bradford,  of  Oklahoma. 

Lecture — "The  Story  of  an  Ash 
Heap,"  May  20,  1917  by  Dr.  C.  C. 
Mitchell,  a  native  of  Pa. 

Lecture— "Eli  and  Dennis,"  April  5, 
1917  by  Dr.  Andrew  Johnson  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

Cantata — Music  Department  of 
Elizabethtown  College,  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Via,  Director,  on  May  10,  1917. 

Price  of  season  ticket  is  $1.25. 

Proceeds  will  be  used  to  purchase 
books  for  College  Library. 


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Franklin  &  Marshall 
College 

LANCASTER,   PA. 

Offers  Liberal  Courses  in  Arts  and 

SCIENCES 

Campus  of  54  acres  with  ten  buildings 
including-  Gymnasium  and  complete 
Athletic  Field. 

For  Catalogue  Apply  to 
Henry  H.  Apple,  D.D.,  LL.  D.,  Pres. 


Klein 
(Pjorolate  ffln. 

Manufacturers  of 

Chocolate  and  Cocoa 

ELIZABETHTOWN,  PA. 


I  J.  W.  G.  Hershey,  Pres.                   | 

I  J.  Bitzer  Johns,  V.  Pres.           | 

*  Henry  R.  Gibbel,  Sec'y  &  Treas.  | 

I  The   Lititz   Agricultural  | 

*  Mutual 


Fire  Insurance  Co. 


Insurance      Against      Lightning 
Storm  and  Fire 


SPORTING  GOODS 
Jerseys,  Sweaters,  Football,  Base  Ball, 
Tennis,    Gymnasium    and    Basket 
Ball  Outfits,  Cameras,  Photo- 
graphic supplies,  Etc. 
H.  B.  HERR 
30-32  W.  King  St.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

GROFF  BROS. 

MEAT  MARKET 

FRESH  and  SMOKED  MEATS 
N.  Market  St.,         Elizabethtown,  Pa. 

SEE 

J.  S.  BASHORE 

FOR 

Reliable  Clothing; 

A  Full  Line  of  Plain  Suits 
LEBANON,  -:-  PA. 

FOR  FIT  FOR  WEAR 

-:-  Good  Shoes  -:- 

BENNETCH  -The  Shoeman 

"The  Home  of  Good  Shoes" 
847  Cumb.  St.,  LEBANON,  PA. 

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For    Comfort  Latest   Styles 


INSURANCE    IN    FORCE 
$28,500,000.00 


Issues    Both    Cash    and    Assess- 
ment Policies. 


13  East  Main  Street 
LITITZ,  PENNA. 


Rolls, 


Fancy  Cakes,  Buns 

If  You  Want  the 

BEST  BAKED  BREAD 

Buy    Gunzenhouser's   Tip-Top    Bread 

Served  By 

M.  P.  CROZIER 

134  S.  Market  St. 

ELIZABETHTOWN,  PA. 

Always  Fresh  Nice  &  Sweet 


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VOIy.  XIV  Elizabethtown,  Pa.,  November,  1916  No.  2 


When  the  Frost  Is  On  the  Punkin 

When  the  frost  is  on  the  punkin  and  the  fodder's  in  the  shock, 

And  you  hear  the  kyouck  and  gobble  of  the  struttin'  turkey  cock, 

And  the  clackin'  of  the  guineys,  and  the  clucken'  of  the  hens, 

And  the  rooster's  hally-looyer  as  he  tiptoes  on  the  fence; 

O,  it's  then's  the  time  a  feller  is  a  feelin'  at  his  best, 

With  the  risin'  sun  to  greet  him  from  a  night  of  peaceful  rest, 

As  he  leaves  the  house,  bare-headed,  and  goes  out  to  feed  the 
stock, 

When  the  frost  is  on  the  punkin  and  the  fodder's  in  the  shock. 


Then  your  apples  all  is  gethered,  and  the  ones  a  feller  keeps 

Is  poured  around  the  cellar  floor  in  red  and  yellow  heaps; 

And  your  cider  makin's  over,  and  your  wimmern-folks  is  through 

With  their  mince  and  apple-butter,  and  theyr  souse  and  sausage, 
too! 

I  don't  know  how  to  tell  it— but  ef  sich  a  thing  could  be 

As  the  Angels  wantin'  boardin'  and  they'd  call  around  on  me — 

I'd  want  to  'commodate  'em — all  the  whole — indurin'  flock — 

When  the  frost  is  on  the  punkin  and  the  fodder's  in  the  shock. 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Old,  Yet  New  Thanksgiving. 


Inez  E.  Byers. 


Nearly  three  thousand  years  ago 
one  of  the  oldest  nations  observed 
Thanksgiving  Day.  For  a  period  of 
eight  days  the  Jews  ceased  work  to 
"eat,  drink  and  be  merry."  In  this 
time  millions  came  into  Jerusalem  and 
many  lived  outside  the  walls  in  booths 
formed,  of  branches  of  the  olive,  pine, 
myrtle,  and  palm,  decorated  with 
fruits  and   flowers. 

The  specific  term  of  this  season  of 
thanks    was    known    as    "The    Jewish 
Feast  of  the  Tabernacles."     The  man- 
ner of   celebration   was  of  a   two-fold 
nature,    religious   and   artistic.     There 
were    many      magnificent      rituals      in 
which    this    chosen    nation    manifested 
its  ingenuity  by  combining  beauty  and 
grace  with  worship.     The  ancient  pag- 
eants and  music  rendered  by  the  choirs 
equal  if  not  excell  the  greatest  operas 
of    to-day    in    originality,      purity      of 
thought     and  reality     in     production. 
These  beautiful  ceremonies  were  pleas- 
ing to  the  eye  and   satisfying  to  the 
soul. 

Each  household  also  had  its  wor- 
ship, sacrifice  and  banquet.  Not  only 
the  head  of  the  house  but  also  each 
member  of  the  family  was  responsible 
for  the  thanksgiving  rite.  The  most 
royal  king  could  not  have  been  more 
dignified,  or  reverent  than  these  Jews, 
young  and  old.  The  expression  of 
thanksgiving  from  the  hearts  of  this 
noble  race  is  long  to  be  remembered 
because  it  was  the  spirit  which  con- 


stituted the  first  season  of  thanks. 

Thanksgiving  Day  was  also  observ- 
ed by  the  Greeks  in  September.     The 
grandest  feast  of  all  the  year  was  held 
in   honor  of  Demeter,  the  goddess  of 
harvest.     But  the   manners   and     cus- 
toms of  celebration  differed  from  the 
Jewish     observation.     Physical     com- 
bats   and    rustic    sports    predominated. 
The   people   marched   in   long  proces- 
sions to  the  fields  where  they  cngagect 
in  games  and  crowned  all  their  house- 
hold gods  with  flowers.     Perhaps  the 
distinguishing     feature     between     the 
Jewish  and  Greek  Thanksgiving  was  a 
religious   one.     The  Jews   worshipped 
the  true   God,  while  the  Greeks  wor- 
shipped the  gods. 

A  similar  thanksgiving  was  held  by 
the  Romans  in  the  same  month,  in 
honor  of  the  same  goddess  whose  name 
they  changed  to  Ceres.  Most  of  their 
customs  were  borrowed  from  the 
Greeks.  A  strong  contrast  is  found 
when  these  three  thanksgivings  are 
considered.  The  Romans  and  Greeks 
resorted  more  to  form  and  outward 
expression,  while  the  Jews  experienced 
that  real  inward  joy.  Thus  we  find 
that  the  heart  of  man  never  lacks  in- 
ward expression  to  his  God  in  the  true 
religion. 

The  significance  of  Thanksgiving 
Day  may  have  been  almost  lost  thro 
the  centuries,  until  we  find  it  again  re- 
stored on  American  soil.  The  occa- 
sion at  Plymouth  is  very  familiar  to 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


all.  Over  two  hundred  years  ago  the 
first  celebrattion  took  place  in  Ameri- 
ca. There  were  no  cultivated  farms, 
no  money,  no  school  houses,  and  no 
towns.  The  Pilgrim  Fathers  had  to 
resort  to  naturel  resources.  They 
built  log  cabins  out  of  trees,  obtained 
from  the  forests ;  they  used  shell  beads 
for  money;  bartered  trinkets  with  the 
Indians;  and  killed  wild  game  for 
their  food.  But  before  the  first  long 
cold  winter  was  over,  many  of  the  Pil- 
grims died  from  starvation  and  unac- 
customed conditions.  The  next  spring 
those  who  were  left,  planted  grain 
which  they  had  saved.  There  was 
such  a  drought  that  the  corn  was 
stunted  and  famine  seemed  to  stare 
them  in  the  face.  A  day  for  fasting 
and  prayer  was  held  and  for  nine  hours 
the  people  preyed  unceasingly.  That 
evening  the  sun  set  behind  the  clouds, 
a  wind  came  up  and  by  morning  rain 
was  pouring  down.  The  crops  were 
saved  and  a  bountiful  harvest  resulted. 

Then  Governor  Bradford  appointed 
a  day  for  thanksgiving.  Men  were 
sent  into  the  woods  for  game  and  wo- 
men busily  prepared  for  the  great  day. 
The  Indians,  and  especially  their  great- 
est king,  Massasoit,  were  interested 
in  these  procedings.  He  and  ninety 
men  feasted  for  three  days  with  the 
Pilgrims.  They  bestowed  a  present 
of  five  deer  upon  the  governor  and  oth- 
ers. It  was  a  day  of  friendly  inter- 
course with  their  Indian  brothers  as 
well  as  with  themselves.  After  a  ser- 
vice was  held  in  their  little  church,  all 
went  home  to  the  best  dinner  ever 
held  on  American  soil. 

The  first  English  thanksgiving  pro- 
clamation was  not  issued  until  some- 
time later     when     Edmund     Andros, 


governor  of  New  Amsterdam,  (now 
New  York)  obtained  control  over  the 
Dutch.  At  a  council  meeting  June  7, 
1675  he  ordered : — "That  Wednesday 
ye  23rd  of  this  Instant  month,  be  ap- 
pointed throughout  ye  government  a 
day  of  Thanksgiving  and  Prayers  to 
Almight  God  for  all  His  Past  De- 
liverances and  Blessings  and  Present 
Mercies  to  us,  and  to  pray  ye  continu- 
ance and   Encrease  thereof." 

Twelve  years  later  the  Continental 
Congress  ordered  the  first  National 
Thanksgiving.  This  was  in  the  fall 
of  1777,  that  historic  year  when  Gen- 
eral Burgoyne  surrendered  to  General 
Gates.  The  army  at  Valley  Forge 
which  had  stained  its  way  with  blood 
observed  Thursday  the  18th  of  De- 
cember as  a  day  of  great  rejoicing  and 
deliverance. 

In  1789  Washington,  the  first  presi- 
dent of  United  States  issued  a  procla- 
mation for  the  observance  of  Thanks- 
giving on  November  26th.  The  day 
was  to  be  devoted  to  "the  service  of 
that  Glorious  Being  who  is  the  bene- 
ficent Author  of  all  the  good  that  was, 
that  is,  or  that  will  be." 

But  it  was  not  until  the  Civil  War 
that  this  day  became  in  any  sense  a 
national  one.  Before  this  time  New 
England  was  about  the  only  section  to 
celebrate  Thanksgiving  Day.  How- 
ever, when  Andrew  Jackson  became 
president  in  1865,  a  day  for  national 
thanksgiving  was  appointed  and  in- 
dorsed by  proclamations  from  all  the 
States  not  of  the  Confederacy.  Many 
southern  states  were  slow  in  its  ob- 
servance but  public  sentiment  finally 
grew  until  now  this  one  day  of  the 
year  is  devoted  to  the  reunion  of  fami- 
lies, the  gathering  of  scattered  friends, 


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giving     to     Charitable     Associations,  ings,  that  the  Jews,  Greeks,  Romans, 

visiting  hospitals     and   prisons,     and  grandfathers     and     great-grandfathers 

national   rejoicing  over  the   gifts     of  have  observed  still  seems  to  be  with 

Providence.  us  on  each  new  Thanksgiving  Day. 
The  spirit  of  all  the  old  Thanksgiv- 


"Altho  that     first  Thanksgiving     Day- 
was  years  ago, 
And  curfews  for  the  loved  have  rung 
since  then, 
As  tonight  I  watch  the  dawning  even- 
ing star, 
In   my  dreams  I   see  the  mansions 
Christ  prepared  in  heaven  for  men — 
It  is  there  tonight  the  absent  kind- 
red are; 
It  is  there  their  feast  is  ready,  and  I 
hold  the  fancy  dear 
That  they  often  turn  to  earth  their 
loving  gaze, 
And  perhaps  they  too,   are   dreaming 
as  they  see  me  sitting  here, 
Of  the  sweetness  of  the  old  Thanks- 
giving Days." 


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ii 


The  Value  of  Studying  Literature. 


Anna    Ruth    Eshelman 


Among  all  the  studies  and  branches 
of  study  in  the  school  curriculum  or 
in  any  other  phase  of  life  there  is 
none  so  valuable  as  that  of  the  study 
of  literature.  The  reading  of  good 
literature  widens  ;  one's  knowledge 
along  any  line  and  on  any  subject.  If 
there  is  some  certain  line  of  work  we 
wish  to  follow,  we  can  gain  more  as- 
sistance from  the  reading  of  good 
books  on  that  subject  than  from  any 
other  single  source.  The  knowledge 
thus  gained  will  not  only  help  us  to  do 
our  work  but  will  help  us  to  do  it 
more  thoroughly.  Take,  for  instance, 
the  farmer.  Can  he  not  learn  how 
to  till  the  soil  better,  and  how  to  re- 
ceive more  crops  from  his  land,  if  he 
acquaints  himself  with  some  of  the 
writings  in  good  agricultural  maga- 
zines? This  not  only  it  true  in  the 
case  of  the  farmer,  but  it  will  also  be 
true  in  any  other. 

Then,  too,  the  study  of  literature 
increases  one's  vocabulary.  If  we 
read  good  books,  we  ought  to  be  able 
to  converse  well  with  any  person 
whether  he  be  higher  up  on  the  lad- 
der of  success  then  we,  or  whether  he 
be  a  rung  below  us.  It  ought  to  help 
us  to  converse  with  people  of  all 
classes. 

Again,  in  the  study  of  good  litera- 
ture, we  ought  to  learn  to  know  our- 
selves.    This    is    one    of    the    greatest 


things  in  life, — finding  one's  self  and 
then  knowing  one's  life. 

Furthermore,  it  will  give  us  new 
ambitions,  and  help  us  to  think  for 
ourselves.  Though  we  study  other 
men  through  their  writings,  we  will 
really  receive  new  ideas  for  ourselves. 
By  receiving  new  ideas,  and  by  think- 
ing for  ourselves,  we  will  develop  a 
pleasing  personality,  which  is  a  thing 
of  priceless  value  in  one's  life.  Take, 
for  example,  the  writings  of  Thoreau 
Emerson,  and  Milton.  Their  produc- 
tions make  us  think  for  ourselves  and 
thus  we  acquire     an  individuality. 

Again,  we  become  acquainted  with 
the  greatest  and  best  men  of  all  ages 
by  reading  their  thoughts.  Though 
we  did  not  live  in  their  age  and  could 
not  converse  with  them  personally, 
we  can  receive  their  best  and  richest 
thoughts  by  reading  their  literature. 

Lastly,  by  studying  the  thoughts  of 
the  greatest  men,  we  ought,  indeed,  be 
brought  closer  to  our  Maker,  for  our 
greatest  selection  of  literature  was  in- 
spired by  God.  Hence,  the  studying 
of  literature  is  valuable,  because  it 
widens  one's  knowledge  on  any  sub- 
ject, increases  one's  vocabulary,  helps 
us  to  know  ourselves,  gives  us  a  pleas- 
ing personality,  acquaints  us  with  the 
best  men  of  all  ages,  and  brings  us 
closer  to  our  Maker. 


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The  Student  Volunteer  Band  ot  Elizabethtown 

College 


Ezra  Wenger 


One  of  the  chief  factors  that  is  help- 
ing- to  mould  the  future  character  of 
Elizabethtown  College  is  the  Student 
Volunteer  Band.  This  Band  was  or- 
ganized in  March,  1916.  The  Band 
is  composed  of  consecrated  young  men 
and  women  who  have  dedicated  their 
lives  to  the  Lord's  work.  Each  per- 
son who  has  prayerfully  considered  the 
matter  and  decide  to  join  the  Volun- 
teers is  asked  to  sign  the  following 
declaration : 

"Whereas,  My  acceptance  of  Jesus 
Christ  has  brought  me  pardon  and 
peace  and  responsibility,  and  my  study 
of  His  Word  and  of  the  field  has  con- 
firmed my  conviction  that  'the  Gospel 
is  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation/ 
I  hereby  dedicate  myself  to  special 
missionary  service  in  whatever  way 
God  may  direct,  at  anytime,  in  any 
place,  and  at  any  cost." 

By  special  Missionary  service  is 
meant  either  of  the  following:  Home 
or  foreign  missionary  work,  devoting 
life  to  church  work,  such  as  preacher, 
child  rescue  work,  city  mission  work, 
or  teaching  in  a  Brethren's  College  or 
any  other  Bible  School  with  a  view  of 
winning  souls  to  Christ.  It  does  not 
mean  following  any  secular  pursuit  for 
financial    gains. 

At  the  close  of  school  in  June,  1916, 
there  were  twenty-eight  members  in 
the  Band.     Only  eleven  of  these  have 


returned  to  school,  however  there  are 
four  new  members.  The  others  are 
either  teaching  or  attending  some  oth- 
er  College   for  further   preparation. 

We  understand  that  these  volunteers 
are  yet  preparing  for  their  life  work 
but  in  the  meanwhile  they  as  a  Band 
are  active  and  doing  noble  work.  They 
meet  regularly  at  the  end  of  each  week. 
These  meetings  are  conducted  very  in- 
formally. Every  one  may  give  a 
good  thought  or  read  a  portion  of 
scripture  that  has  a  particular  mes- 
sage in  it.  Much  time  is  also  spent 
in  prayer  for  the  Band,  the  school,  the 
church,  the  missionaries,  and  often  for 
individuals.  Primarily  the  purpose 
of  these  meetings  is  to  get  nearer  to 
each  other  as  members  of  the  Band 
and  to  get  closer  to  God. 

Much  outside  work  is  also  being 
done  .  With  few  exceptions  all  the 
members  are  teaching  in  the  outpost 
Sunday  Schools.  The  Volunteers  are 
always  on  the  watch  for  sick  people 
or  shut-ins  whom  they  visit  and  cheer 
up  by  singing  and  praying  with  them. 
The  Band  also  sends  flowers  to  sick 
people. 

At  this  time  there  are  organized 
Bands  in  all  the  Brethren  schools. 
These  are  all  united  and  are  called 
"The  United  Student  Volunteers."  To 
bring  about  a  still  closer  union  the 
General  Mission  Board  has  appointed 


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Brother  Merlin  G.  Miller,  of  Mt.  Mor- 
ris, Illinois,  as  traveling  secretary.  He 


is  now  visiting  the  bands  at  the  differ- 
ent   schools   of   the   brotherhood. 


The  Traveling  Secretary  For  the  United  Students 
Volunteer  Band  Visits  the  College 

Ezra  Wenger 


On  Saturday,  October  21,  Brother 
Merlin  G.  Miller,  the  traveling  secre- 
tary for  the  United  Student  Volunteers 
of  the  Church  of  the  Brethren,  came  to 
visit  our  school.  His  main  object  was 
to  visit  the  Student  Volunteer  Band, 
but  while  here  he  attended  and  spoke 
at  various  other  meetings. 

On  Saturday  evening  he  met  with 
the  Mission  Study  class.  Since  many 
of  the  members  of  this  class  are  pros- 
pective volunteers  he  explained  to 
them  his  mission. 

On  Sunday  morning  Bro.  Miller  led 
the  consecration  services.  He  told 
us  some  of  his  experience  which  was 
very  helpful  to  us. 

After  Sunday  School  in  town  he 
preached  in  the  College  Chapel.  His 
theme  was  "Hindrances  to  Becoming 
a  Foreign  Missionary."  He  said, 
"There  are  two  classes  of  hindrances: 
real  and  imaginary.  The  greatest, 
however,  are  lack  of  spirituality  and 
selfishness. 

In  the  afternoon  he  visited  the  Out- 
post Sunday  Schools  at  Newville  and 
Stevens  Hill.  At  the  latter  point  he 
preched  a  sermon  after  Sunday  School. 
His  theme  was,  "What  is  a  Man 
Worth?"  His  main  points  were  (1) 
What  did  he  leave?  Riches,  a  good 
name,  etc;  (2)  What  did  he  live?  Did 
he  see  opportunities?;    (3)   What  did 


he  love?     Love  can  be  very  selfish. 

He  preached  another  edifying  ser- 
mon on  Sunday  evening  in  town.  His 
theme  was,  "Christ's  Cross  and  Ours." 
Among  other  things  he  said : 

"Our  religion  is  the  religion  of  the 
cross.  Jesus  was  the  originator  of 
self-sacrifice.  Real  sacrifice  is  only 
self-forgetfulness.  Our  lives  may  be 
fraught  with  sacrifice  and  watered 
with  tears,  yet  we  are  happy." 

On  Monday  morning  Bro.  Miller 
conducted  the  Chapel  exercises  and; 
gave  a  short  talk  on  the  Student  Vol- 
unteer Movement;  on  Monday  even- 
ing he  met  with  the  Volunteers.  After 
stating  some  business  he  spoke  very 
encouragingly  to  the  Band.  Besides 
the  work  the  Band  is  already  doing 
he  suggested  the  following:  Conduct- 
ing of  Home  Bible  Classes  for  shut- 
ins,  rendering  of  Missionary  programs 
in  other  congregations,  starting  Mis- 
sion Study  Classes,  systematic  giving, 
and  sending  delegates  to  conventions. 
We  are  glad  to  receive  the  greetings 
he  brought  us  from  other  Bands  and 
we  sent  ours  in  return. 

The  visit  of  Bro.  Miller  will  long 
be  remembered  because  of  the  many 
messages  of  cheer  and  comfort  he 
prought  to  us,  Surely  we  thank  God 
for  such  a  worker  and  pray  for  Heav- 
en's richest  plessings  to  rest  on  him 
and  his  work. 


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Thanksgiving 
Again  the  time  is  drawing  near  when 
we  observe  the  national  Thanksgiv- 
ing Day.  This  day  includes  all  other 
holidays.  We  should  be  thankful  for 
the  Fourth  of  July,  for  Ascension  Day, 
and  for  Thanksgiving  Day.  But  this 
is  not  why  we  observe  this  day.  Then 
the  question  naturally  arises,  why  it 
is  that  we  observe  this  day?  The 
celebration  of  this  day  was  thought 
appropriate  and  necessary  by  the  peo- 
ple   who    laid    the    foundation    of   our 


nation.  But  in  the  manner  in  which 
we  sometimes  observe  it  we  seem  to 
have  lost  sight  of  the  purpose  of  this 
day.  It  was  intended  as  a  day  of 
praise  and  thanksgiving,  we  make  it 
a  day  of  feasting  without  even  being 

thankful  for  what  we  eat. 

Do  you  feel  an  air  of  gratitude  sur- 
rounding you?  Are  you  sure  that  you 
do  not  only  feel  the  effects  of  custom? 
We  are  so  apt  to  be  wrapped  up  in 
the  customs  of  a  community  to  such 
an  extent  that  we  really  forget  why 


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we  celebrate  this  day.  Comparative- 
ly few  people  know  why  we  observe 
Easter,  Ascension,  Fourth  of  July  or 
Thanksgiving  Day.  Are  you  one  of 
them?  If  you  are,  you  are  no  leader 
in  your  community.  You  are  not  a 
moulder  of  proper  sentiment  concern- 
ing the  observance  of  these  days. 

When  the  Fourth  of  July  is  cele- 
brated expensive  fireworks  are  dis- 
played, costly  buildings  are  burned, 
and  scores  of  lives  are  lost  every  year. 
Do  you  approve  of  this  kind  of  cele- 
bration? The  same  it  true  at  Easter. 
Then  is  the  time  for  the  display  of  the 
spring  styles.  A  fit  observance  of  the 
day  indeed !  But  now  coming  to 
Thanksgiving  Day,  why  do  you  ob- 
serve it?  As  we  have  said  above.  Our 
forefathers  thought  it  appropriate  and 
necessary.  The  people  who  set  aside 
a  day  for  special  thanksgiving  must 
have  felt  as  a  little  child  when  it  re- 
ceives something  from  its  parents.  Its 
soul-transparent  eyes  seem  to  sparkle 
with  gratitude.  Its  facial  expression 
is  a  worthy  credential  of  genuine 
thankfulness.  You  may  ask  what 
thankfulness  means.  It  means  more 
than  custom-worn  "thank  you."  It 
includes  three  things.  First,  we  must 
show  a  spirit  of  appreciation  for  the 
thing  received ;  second,  we  must  love 
the  giver,  and  third,  we  must  try  to 
give  something  in  return.  It  takes 
but  a  second  to  say  "thank  you,"  but 
years  to  live  it.  It  takes  but  a  moment 
to  receive  a  rich  gift  from  God  but  a 
life  time  to  return  something  not  half 
so  good. 

Dear  Fellow  Students,  are  you 
grateful  for  the  many  privileges  which 
you  are  enjoying  daily?  How  do  you 
express   your   gratitude   toward     your 


teachers?  Do  you  give  them  a  bou- 
quet of  words  as  well  as  a  bouquet  of 
flowers  occasionally?  Do  you  appre- 
ciate the  labor  and  toil  which  is  bound 
up  in  the  walls  which  make  your 
home?  Are  you  thankful  and  rever- 
ential to  your  parents  who  are  willing 
to  struggle  thru  long  and  tedious 
years  in  order  that  you  may  enjoy  an 
education? 

One  of  our  noted  preachers  upon 
one  occasion  said  :  "The  best  thing  that 
I  ever  did  for  my  children  (who  were 
then  in  school)  was,  to  select  a  good 
mother  for  them."  I  think  he  was 
right.  Do  you  appreciate  your  fath- 
er's good  judgment? 

We  should  be  thankful  tliat  we  have 
something  to  do.  It  was  when  Alex- 
ander had  no  more  worlds  to  conquer 
that  he  went  the  downward  road.  We 
should  be  glad  for  sunshine  and  rain, 
for  fresh  air  and  good  lungs,  for  whole 
bodies  and  all  our  senses.  It  is  said', 
that  the  Persian  poet  Saadi  was  com- 
plaining only  once  in  his  life  and  that 
was  when  he  had  no  shoes,  but  when 
he  met  a  man  without  feet  he  ceased 
complaining.  Were  you  ever  com- 
plaining about  weak  eyes  or  defective- 
hearing?  Next  time  you  will  probably 
get  a  gentle  reminder  by  meeting  a 
blind  man  or  perhaps  an  aged  man 
who  has  lost  his  sense  of  hearing.  It 
would  be  a  good  idea  to  follow  the 
sentiment  expressed  in  the  following 
poem  : 

"Suppose  my  little  lady 
Your  doll   should  break  her  head, 
Could  you  make  it  whole  by  crying, 
Till  your  nose  and  eyes  were  red? 
Then  Avouldn't  it  be  pleasanter 
To  treat  it  as  a  joke,  and  say 
I'm  glad  it's  dolly's  head 
And  not  my  head  that's  broke?" 


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Make  Thanksgiving  Day  mean  more 
to  you  this  year  than  ever  before. 
Make  it  a  day  of  praise  rather  than  a 
day  of  feasting.  It  should  be  a  day 
that  all  people  can  participate  in,  rich 
and  poor.  The  poor  cannot  feast.  But 
both  rich  and   poor  can  praise.     The 


sick  in  the  hospitals,  the  poor  in  the 
slums  cannot  crowd  tables  with  luxu- 
ries. But  all  classes  can  be  thankful 
to  the  Giver  of  all  things. 

Let  us  be  thankful  for  our  land  of 
plenty,  of  peace  and  prosperity  and 
national  preservation.        — A.  C.  B. 


.SC',H 


These  bright  blue  October  days  are 
the  finest  days  of  all  the  year  for 
study.  The  invigorating  air,  the 
bright  sunlight,  the  cool  crisp  morn- 
ings put  one  on  his  metal  and  should 
inspire  us  to  do  our  very  best.  And 
did  you  ever  think  that  the  fall  term 
is  the  best  term  for  real  study?  It  is 
•not  interrupted  like  the  winter  and 
spring  terms,  so  let  us  make  every 
minute   count. 

The  Seniors  expect  their  class  pins 
in  a  few  days.  They  are  fine  looking 
pins,  too. 

How  do  you  like  our  new  cover  de- 
sign?    It   is  the   work  of   Miss   Ruth 


Kilhefner. 
about  it. 


If  you     like     it,     tell    her 


The  school  had  a  very  enjoyable 
outing  at  Donegal  Springs  several 
weeks  ago.  The  historic  place  was 
full  of  interest  to  the  students  and 
Miss  Myer  greately  increased  our 
pleasure  by  relating  legends  that 
centre   around   the   place.     A   number 


of   very   fine   pictures   were   taken    on 
the  trip. 

Monday,  October  16,  Miss  Brenis- 
holtz  gave  us  a  very  helpful  talk  on 
"Table  Etiquette."  These  talks  are  of 
great  practical  value  if  we  take  them 
in  lividually. 

The  outpost  Sunday  School  work  is 
fairly  under  way.  The  interest  is  be- 
ing revived  and  faithful  workers  labor 
e\  ery  Sunday  at  Newville  and  Steven's 
Hill.  We  urge  all  students  to  attend 
as  often  as  possible. 

The  lovefeast  of  the  Elizabethtown 
Church  was  held  Sunday,  October  15. 
Bro.  John  M.  Mohler,  of  Mechanics- 
burg,  officiated.  About  three  hundred 
participated  in  the  sacred  rites. 

The  students  are  eagerly  looking 
forward  to  Thanksgiving,  for  this 
year  the  term  vacation  falls  on 
Thanksgiving,  thus  allowing  many  to 
spend  the  day  at  home. 

The  fijrst  number  of  our  lecture 
course   was   given   Friday   night,   Oc- 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


tober  13,  by  Prof.  W.  A.  Price  of 
Highland  Park  College,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa.  His  subject  was  "The  Four 
Largest  Ships."  The  ships  were 
scholarship,  airships,  workmanship  and 
worship.  Prof.  Price  had  his  subject 
well  in  hand  and  we  feel  his  lecture 
was   worth   while. 

Miss  Helen  Kline,  a  former  student 
visited  Miss  Mildred  Bonebrake  for 
a  few  days. 

Mr.  Lester  Meyer  spent  Saturday 
and  Sunday,  October  14  and  15  on 
"College  Hill."  He  is  enjoying  his 
work  as  a  teacher  in  the  Brownstown 
High   School. 

"Didn't  we  have  a  fine  time  at  the 
chestnut  outing?"  This  was  a  com- 
mon query  heard  on  College  Hill  on 
October  14.  On  that  day  the  students 
enjoyed  the  annual  chestnut  outing. 
They  went  to  Tea  Hill,  about  three 
miles  away.  Prof  and  Mrs.  Via  were 
the  chaperones.  The  students  left 
school  at  nine  o'clock.  When  they 
arrived  at  their  destination  they  were 
allowed  to  hunt  for  chestnuts.  Al- 
though not  so  many  chestnuts  were 
found,  there  was  fun  in  plenty.  The 
woods  were  gloriously  beautiful.  At 
twelve  o'clock  a  delicious  lunch  con- 
sisting of  sandwiches,  cakes,  pretzels, 
cheese,  lemonade,  etc.,  was  served  un- 
der the  direction  of  Miss  Myer.  After 
dinner  games  were  played.  There 
were  a  number  of  cameras  in  the  crowd 
and  we  feel  the  pictures  taken  will 
keep  alive  the  memory  of  "a  perfect 
day."  We  returned  to  school  about 
three  o'clock. 

We  very  much  regret  the  illness  of 
a  fellow  editor,  Mr.  Melvin  Shisler. 
He  was  taken  to  his  home     by  Prof. 


Ober  and  Mr.  Baugher  in  Prof.  Ober's 
automobile.  That  leaves  this  depart- 
ment of  the  paper  with  only  one  editor 
at  present,  therefore  we  ask  your  co- 
operation in  keeping  this  department 
up  to  the  standard.  We  wish  Mr. 
Shisler  a  rapid  recovery  and  hope  he 
may  return  soon  to  school  in  good 
health. 

Saturday,  October  7,  the  following 
students  enjoyed  a  hike  to  Bainbridge 
— Misses  Gertrude  Miller,  Ruth  Kil- 
hefner,  Inez  Byers,  Florence  Moyer, 
Ruth  Reber,  and  Eva  Arbegast.  They 
spent  the  day  with  Prof,  and  Mrs.  L 
J.  Kreider  and  had  a  royal  good  time. 

Miss  K.  to  Mr.  Hershey — "Some- 
how I  can't  get  in  the  habit  of  calling 
you   Mr.   Hershey." 

Mr.  Hershey — "Aw  well,  call  me 
simple    John,    then." 

Mrs.  Frances  Leiter  of  Greencastle,. 
Pa.,  visited  her  daughter,  Miss  Kath- 
ryn   Leiter,   October   13  to   16  . 

Prof.  Ober  in  Zoology  class — "The 
tadpole  is  the  cocoon  of  the  frog." 

Bro.  Chas.  Baker  and  family  of  East 
Berlin,  stopped  on  "College  Hill"  for 
a   brief  visit  recently. 

Are  you  preparing  to  attend  Bible 
Term?  Make  your  arrangements 
early. 

Mr.  Fogelsanger  in  Zoology — 
"House  flies  can  walk  up  side  down: 
as  well  as  down  side  up." 

Have  all  you  new  students  joined 
literary   society?     If   not,   get   busy. 

Didn't  the  home  folks  appreciate- 
that  number  of  "Our  College  Times" 
which  you  sent  them?  Of  course 
they  did. 


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Miss  Bohn  in  ZDology — "The  tad- 
pole breathes  by  means  of  fins." 

Mr.  F.  to  Miss  Maupin— "Miss 
Maupin,  what  do  yon  sing?" 

Miss  Maupin — "Na,  Ne,  Ni,  No, 
Nu." 

Miss  Ruth  Kilhefner  spent  the 
week  end  at  her  home  recently. 

Miss  Barr  has  returned  from  a  visit 
to   her   home. 

Mr.  Taylor  in  drawing-  class — 
"Miss  Kilhefner,  must  I  put  such  a 
fence  around  this  picture?" 

Miss  Meyer  attended  the  State 
Sunday  School  Convention  at  York, 
Oct.  12.  She  heard  Marion  Lawrence. 
She  reported  a  good,  live  meeting. 

Miss  Bixler  in  Zoology — "The  back 
of  the  snake  is  covered  with  snails," 
meaning    scales. 

The  new  chandelier  placed  in  the 
reception  room  by  the  Trustees  is 
'greatly  appreciated  by  the  students. 
We  felt  the  need  of  it  for  a  long  time. 
May  be  their  generosity  will  inspire 
some  one  else  to  a  similar  deed. 

A  student  of  last  year,  who  is  now 
teaching,  wrote  to  one  of  her  college 
friends  saying: — "I  have  thirty-four 
pupils  nine  of  whom  are  beginners. 
I  tell  you  I  certainly  am  proud  of 
them.  They  are  getting  along  fine. 
I  really  like  teaching  much  better  than 
I  thought  I  would."  We  are  glad  to 
hear  of  the  success  of  former  students. 

Miss  Myer  appreciated  the  "man" 
that  the  Bainbridge  druggist  sent  her. 

The  basket  ball  season  will  soon  be 
here.  How  many  of  you  have  joined 
the  Basket  Ball  Association?  We 
need  your  presence  as  well  as  your  fi- 
nancial aid  in  this  Association, 


Little  Leah  Leiter  is  growing  to  be 
a  fine  little  miss.  ( )ccasionally  one 
may  see  a  favored  student  wheeling 
her  around  in  her  carriage.  But  usual- 
ly her  mother  needs  her  at  home. 

November  13  will  be  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  founding  of  Elizabethtown 
College.  A  Committee  is  preparing  a 
special  anniversary  program  for  this 
date.  Won't  you  please  come  and 
help  to  make  the  sixteenth  anniversary 
a  success? 

On  the  morning  of  October  19  we 
had  a  very  helpful  Chapel  talk  on 
"Sociability  and  Refinement"  by  Prof. 
Meyer.  His  illustrations  were  apt  and 
his  advice  kindly  given.  -We  feel  the 
students  can  profit  by  it  if  applied. 

A  card  from  Prof,  and  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Fries  informs  us  that  they  are  enjoy- 
ing life  very  much  at  McPherson  Col- 
lege,  McPherson,   Kansas. 

The  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania 
will  hold  their  annual  Ministerial  and 
Sunday  School  meeting  at  Akron, 
Lancaster  county,  November  8  and  9. 
The  program  at  hand  promises  a  good 
meeting. 

Mr.  Markey  was  heard  to  exclaim  in 
public  speaking  class  one  day — "We 
are  engaged."  What  did  he  mean? 

Rev  C.  R.  Oellig  of  Waynesboro, 
Pa.,  visited  Miss  Helen  G.  Oellig  at 
the  College  recently. 

We  are  sorry  that  the  latest  re- 
ports from  Mr.  Shisler  are  not  more 
encouraging.  We  are  hoping  for  bet- 
ter news  soon. 

The  sixteenth  anniversary  of 
the  dedication  of  the  College  buildings 
will  be  held  on  the  evening  of  Nov.  13. 
The   program   committee   has  secured 


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Miss  Mary  H'ershey  as  reader,  Mr. 
Walter  Eshelman  as  orator,  and  are 
expecting-  Prof.  U.  B.  Yount  to  give 
the  address  of  the  evening.  Come ! 
Tell  your  friends  about  it. 


Keystone   Society   Notes 

The  real  spirit  of  the  K.  L.  S.  was 
shown,  when  on  Friday  evening,  Sep- 
tember 29th,  the  Society  met  in  pub- 
lic session  and  in  spite  of  the  rain  a 
large  audience  enjoyed  one  of  the  best 
programs  which  has  yet  been  render- 
ed. 

The  first  feature  of  the  evening's 
program  was  a  selection  of  music  by 
the  Chorus  Class.  The  Declamation 
— "A  Selection  from  Patrick  Henry," 
by  Ezra  Wenger  and  the  Recitation, 
"My  Lost  Youth"  by  Bertha  Landis 
showed  splendid  preparation  on  the 
part  of  both  speakers  and  received 
hearty  applause  from  the  audience. 
The  Piano  Solo,  "The  Shower  of 
Stars"  by  Mary  ffiestand  was  enjoyed 
by  all.  Then  followed  the  chief  fea- 
ture of  the  program,  namely  a  debate, 
the  question  of  which  was  "Resolved, 
That  the  United  States  is  justified  by 
keeping  peace  with  Mexico  as  outlined 
by  the  present  administration."  The 
affirmative  speakers  on  this  debate 
were  Inez  Byers  and  A.  C.  Baugher; 
the  negative  speakers  were  Lester 
Meyer  and  John  Graham.  The  points 
offered  by  both  sides  were  well  de- 
veloped and  forceful ;  the  judges  de- 
cided in  favor  of  the  negative  side.  The 
closing  feature  of  the  program  was  a 
vocal  duet  by  Miss  Florence  Miller 
and  Mrs.  Jennie  Via. 

The  K.  L.  S.  met  in  Public  Ses- 
sion Friday  evening,  October  6th.  This 


evening's  program  was  devoted  to- 
arousing  a  new  and  renewing  the  old 
interest  in  our  Hoosier  Poet,  James 
Whitcomb  Riley. 

The  program  was  opened  by  tthe 
Society  singing  "Auld  Lange  Syne." 
The  Recitation,  "Little  Orphan  Annie" 
by  Miss  Gertrude  Miller,  and  the  Se- 
lections, "The  Runaway  Boy"  and 
"The  Twins"  by  Miss  Ruth  Kilhefner 
were  very  well  given,  and  much  enjoy- 
ed. All  who  heard  the  splendid  sketch 
of  the  poet's  life  by  Mr.  Isaac  Taylor 
must  know  the  poet  better  than  before. 
The  Song  "Just  Be  Glad,"  given  by 
the  Girl's  Quartette  was  an  inspira- 
tion to  the  Society.  The  Recitation 
"That  Old  Sweetheart  o'  Mine,"  by 
Inez  E.  Byers,  received  the  hearty 
appreciation  of  the  listeners,  and  the 
piano  solo  by  Miss  Anna  Ruth  Eshle- 
man  was  also  much  enjoyed.  The 
real  worth  of  the  poet  to  each  of  usr 
was  brought  out  in  the  Essay  on 
"What  Riley  Means  to  Us."  by  Carl 
Smith.  The  closing  feature  of  the 
program  was  a  selection  of  music  by 
the  Boy's  Quartette. 

This  program  is  one  worthy  to  be 
remembered  both  for  its  significance 
and  for  the  splendid  way  in  which 
each  person  performed  his  part. 


o- 


Athletic  Notes. 

The  pleasure  of  tennis  and  baseball 
games  are  over  for  sometime.  The 
stars  of  the  summer  sports  will  now 
hibernate  until  the  glad  spring  will 
again  awaken  them. 

Our   minds   shall   now   be   attracted 

by  the  merry  glee  of  the  basket  ball 

-stars.     This  is  the  most  enjoyed  game 

in  the  life  of  the  students.     We  look 


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21 


forth  to  a  very  successful  season. 
Many  of  the  old  stars  are  back  in  the 
line.  The  new  material  is  developing 
very  rapidly.  We  expect  to  have  all 
the  open  places  filled  in  a  few  weeks. 
During  the  first  week  in  October  we 
organized  for  the  coming  year  as  fol- 
lows: 

Pres.— Walter  L.   Landis. 

V.  Pres.— Melvin  Shisler. 

Sec— Ruth  S.   Bucher. 

Treas. — Reuben   Fogelsanger. 

The  first  game  of  the  season  was 
played  on  Friday  evening,  October  13. 
It  was  indeed  an  interesting  game 
throughout.  Roughness  featured  the 
game  and  little  passing  was  done.  The 
"Invincibles"  beat  the  "Eagles"  by 
the  score  of  25  to  11. 

The  line-up  and  score  follows -. 
Invincibles. 

Fair  G.  Foul  G.  Tot'l 

Weaver,   f 2  o  4 

Ebersole,    f 2  5  9 


Landis,   c 3  o  6 

Markey,   g o  o  o 

J.   Hershey,  g 3  o  6 

Grand    Total    ..,..10  5  25 

Eagles. 

Fair  G.  Foul  G.  Tot'l 

H.  Hershey,  f 1  6            8 

Engle,   f i  1             3 

Fogelsanger,   c.    ...o  o            o 

Taylor,  g o  o             o 

H.  Wenger,  g o  o            o 

Grand  Total   2  7  II 

Fouls  committed  by  "Invincibles" 
13,  "Eagles"  16.  Referee  Graham; 
Umpire  Zug;  Time  keeper  E.  Weng- 
er; Score  keeper  Schwenk;  Time  of 
halves  twenty  minutes. 

We  expect  our  players  to  do  more 
passing  in  the  future  as  the  coaches 
will  give  them  more  practice  along 
that  line.  We  hope  that  individual 
playing  will  be  a  thing  of  the  past. 


Since  the  Alumni  notes  are  rather 
scarce  this  month  we  will  publish  ex- 
tracts from  letters  written  by  Miss 
Bessie  Rider  03,  who  is  a  missionary 
to  China,  and  an  Alumni  of  the  school. 
She  says, — 

"I  have  had  considerable  experience 
by  this  time  riding  donkeys  and  get- 
ting an  insight  into  their  natures,  and 
I  find  that  they  differ  just  as  human 
beings  do— some  good  ones  and  some 
bad  ones.  Have  had  experiences  with 
both.  In  our  trip  coming  back  from 
Liao  Chow,  (which  is  a  three  day's 
journey)  I  thought  I  had  a  splendid 
donkey  as  I  started  out,  and  he  did 
act  pretty  nice  for  the  first  two  days, 
but  whether  he  was  tired  on  the  third 
day,  or  what  was  the  matter  with  him 
I  do  not  know,  but  he  acted  so  ugly 
that  I  lost  about  all  the  good  opinion 
I  ever  had  of  him.  I  didn't  tell  you 
though  of  the  narrow  escape  I  had  at 
one  place  on  our  trip  from  Liao,  on  the 
way  to  Ping  Ting.  A  great  part  of 
the  distance  is  mountain  travel,  and 
in  many  places  the  mountain  passes 
are  very  narrow  and  at  the  top  of  high 
precipices.  Well,  at  one  narrow 
place,  just  at  the  top  of  a  huge  preci- 
pice we  came  to  a  place  where  it  was 


muddy,  except  clear  out  at  the  edge 
(and  my  donkey  hated  mud  terribly,) 
so  in  order  to  avoid  it  he  walked  right 
out  to  the  edge.  Several  of  the 
Chinese  men  behind  me  evidently  saw 
the  danger,  but  not  thinking  that  they 
were  calling  to  me,  my  donkey  went 
right  on,  though  I  did  feel  somewhat 
fearful  at  a  place  like  that,  and  soon 
as  he  was  past  the  dangerous  place 
the  ground  fell  down  where  the  don- 
key had  stepped.  Had  we  gone  down 
a  place  like  that  I  think  it  would  like- 
ly have  meant  sure  death.  How 
wonderfully  I  have  seen  the  protecting 
hand  of  Providence  since  I  have  left 
you  in  America.  It  was  manifest- 
ed on  our  return  trip  from  Liao  not 
only  once,  but  several  times.  And  as 
I  recall  experiences  on  our  journey  to 
China,  together  with  these  experiences 
I  had  since  being  here,  it  surely  should 
add  strength  to  one's  faith.  How 
good  God  is  to  us! 

Now,  I  will  tell  you  of  the  flood  we 
had  several  weeks  ago.  On  Aug.  16th 
we  had  an  exceptionally  heavy  rain. 
Am  of  the  opinion  that  I  never  saw  it 
rain  quite  so  hard  in  all  my  life,  and 
since  some  of  our  windows  on  the 
west   side   do   not   latch   very  well, — 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


23 


have  windows  on  the  French  style, 
open  like  double  doors — we  had  all 
we  could  do  to  hold  the  windows  shut 
in  our  rooms  upstairs,  and  it  took  all 
the  strength  we  had  at  our  command 
to  hold  them  shut,  while  the  rain  was 
just  pouring  in  against  the  windows. 
A  great  deal  of  water  though,  regard- 
less of  all  our  efforts,  gained  entrance, 
so  much  so  that  it  was  necessary  to 
walk  around  with  rubbers  at  places  to 
keeep  our  feet  dry.  But  while  we 
were  having  these  troubles  no  damage 
was  done,  and  things  were  soon  clean- 
ed up.  Little  did  we  think,  however, 
of  the  damage  being  done  elsewhere. 
After  the  heaviest  part  of  the  rain  was 
over  as  I  stood  out  on  the  balcony  I 
heard  a  roaring  noise  similar  to  that 
of  the  river  at  Liao  after  a  mountain 
torrent,  and  wondered  where  the  water 
could  be,  since  we  were  too  far  away 
from  the  river  to  hear  it  so  plainly,  but 
soon  Minerva  called,  and  as  I  went  to 
the  scene  I  saw  part  of  our  wall  torn 
out  on  the  north  end  of  the  compound, 
and  the  water  came  rushing  through 
there  with  great  force,  and  this  water 
— or  at  least  part  of  it — together  with 
water  from  other  quarters,  found  its 
way  to  Vanimans'  house,  and  arose  in 
their  living  room  and  their  other 
rooms  down  stairs  to  a  depth  of  at 
least  two  feet.  The  school  boys  were 
not  long  about  informing  the  doctor 
of  conditions  there,  and  they  at  once 
set  to  work  getting  things  out  of  the 
house,  and  boxes,  trunks,  «tc,  were 
sent  up  to  our  house  to  clean  up.  The 
things  were  sorted  and  the  next  day 
the  boys  had  a  large  wash  to  get 
things  cleaned  up.  The  next  day  the 
Wamplers,  a  large  number  of  the 
school  boys,  and  we  girls  set  to  work 


to  begin  to  clean  up  things  as  best 
we  could,  but  oh !  things  were  in  an 
awful  mess.  I  doubt  whether  there 
was  less  than  a  horse-cart  full  of  mud 
in  the  house.  Their  furniture  could 
be  fairly  well  cleaned  up  so  that,  it 
looked  decent,  their  greatest  loss  be- 
ing in  books  and  rugs.  The  wall  to 
the  north  of  their  court  was  broken  in, 
the  big  window  to  their  living  room  on 
the  north  and  the  wall  to  another 
room  was  broken  in.  Word  was  sent 
to  Bro.  Vaniman  on  Thursday  morn- 
ing as  to  the  conditions  at  their 
house,  for  the  Vaniman  family  and 
Emma  Horning  were  still  up  on  the 
mountains.  Susie  (Mrs.  Vaniman), 
the  children,  and  Emma  eame  in  the 
evening  and  stayed  at  our  house  for 
a  week  or  more  while  things  were  got- 
ten into  fit  shape  in  their  own  home 
for  them  to  move  in. 

At  this  time  Brother  and  Sister 
Oberholtzer  are  on  their  way  across 
the  Pacific.  At  this  time  of  the  year 
it  is  not  likely  that  they  will  have 
very  rough  sailing,  for  I  think  they 
have  about  the  most  desirable  time  of 
the  year  to  come  from  that  standpoint. 
I  shall  be  delighted  to  meet  them  as 
they  arrived  at  Peking.  I  will  already 
be  at  the  Language  School  when  they 
arrive,  for  our  class  begins  Sept.  15th, 
while  the  beginners'  class  will  not  be- 
gin till  about  Oct.  1st.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Oberholtzer  will  arrive  in  Peking  just 
about  in  time  for  their  class  as  it  be- 
gins. 

With  love  and  best  wishes,  I  am 
Sincerely, 

Bessie." 

Miss  Elizabeth  Grosh,  of  Lititz,  Pa., 
has  recently  made  a  donation  of  $100. 
to  the   Alumni    Endowment   Fund   of 


24 OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 

Elizabethtown    College.     Miss    Grosh  have   been    made   very   happy   by  the 

has   been   a   very   liberal   friend   of   a  coming  of  little  Jacob  Royer     Meyer 

number  of  movements  at  this     place,  to  their  home  on  Oct  21.     We  extend 

This  recent  gift,  as  well  as  all  former  to  them  our  heartiest  congratulations 

gifts,   have  been   much  appreciated.  and  to  Jacob  Junior  our  best  wishes 

Prof  J.   G.   Meyer  and  Mrs.   Meyer  for  a  bright  future. 


-/lrt^W^.0  L«*«,-*i -*«">*■ •"...•/'  J*i*«.n*  Jv^MhtottitfiWUvLft*  m*  l*p.<A/A*«r' 


The  Exchange  department  is  pleas- 
ed to  notice  the  many  school  papers 
coming  in  this  fall. 

"Spunk,"  the  paper  true  to  its  name. 
We  appreciate  this  paper  for  the  many 
suggestions  which  help  us  to  take  care 
of  our  bodies.  Every  student  should 
read  this  paper.  The  article  entitled 
"Twisting  the  Tail  of  Destiny"  is  in- 
teresting as  well  as  instructive.  Read 
it! 

"If  we  work  upon  marble,  it  will 
perish,  if  we  work  upon  brass,  time 
will  efface  it;  if  we  rear  temples,  they 
will  crumble  into  dust ;  but  if  we  work 
upon  immortal  minds  (souls),  if  we 
imbue  them  with  principles,  with  the 
just  fear  of  God,  and  love  of  fellow 
men,  we  engrave  on  those  tablets 
something  which  will  brighten  to  all 
eternity."    Spunk— Daniel    Webster. 

Notice  in  the  "Oak  Leaves"  the  edi- 
torial "Hello!"  Read  it!  Put  it  into 
practice.  We  believe  that  this  is  the 
kind  of  spirit  which  should  prevail  in 
every  student  body.  Why  is  it  that 
so  often  the  new  students  become 
homesick?  Is  it  because  the  older 
students  fail  to  do  their  duty?  Would 
not  a  few  appropriate  cuts  for  the 
several  departments  help  to  make  your 
paper  more  attractive? 


The  "Philomathean  Monthly'  is 
very  spicy.  How  often,  do  you  an- 
nounce the  marriage  of  the  friends  of 
your  school?  If  it  is  only  for  the  sum- 
mer, you  certainly  have  had  a  fruitful 
season.     Congratulations ! 

The  true  idea  of  a  school  paper  is, 
according  to  the  "College  Rays,"  to 
express  the  truth  of  the  school  which 
it  represents. 

Many  school  papers  leave  the  im- 
pression on  the  minds  of  its  readers 
that  they  represent  a  football  or  base- 
ball team.  Others  again  seem  to  for- 
get to  put  any  emphasis  on  athletics. 
Is  it  not  best  if  a  school  can  strike  a 
happy  medium  and  prepare  its  young 
men  and  women  for  practical  living? 

Now  come  along  fellow  Exchange 
Editors.  We  stand  for  criticism.  The 
editorial  staff  of  our  school  paper  are 
all  "fellow  travelers  to  the  bar  of  criti- 
cism." By  giving  and  receiving  sug- 
gestions each  can  make  his  paper  of 
a  higher  quality.  We  can  do  it  if  we 
remember: 

"So  near  is  grandeur  to  our  dust 

So  near  is  God  to  man. 
When  duty  whispers  low  'Thou  must' 

The  youth  replies  T  can.' " 


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Sound  over  all  waters,  reach  out  from  all  lands, 
The  chorus  of  voices,  the  clasping  of  hands ; 
Sing  hymns  that  were  sung  by  the  stars  of  the  morn, 
Sing  songs  of  the  angels  when  Jesus  was  born  ! 

With  glad  jubilations 

Bring  hope  to  the  Nations! 
The  dark  night  is  ending  and  dawn  has  begun : 
Rise  hope  of  the  ages,  arise  like  the  sun, 
All  speech  flow  to  music,  all  hearts  beat  as  one! 

Sing  the  bridal  of  Nations!     With  chorals  of  love 
Sing  out  the  war- vulture  and  sing  in  the  dove, 
Till  the  hearts  of  the  people  keep  time  in  accord, 
And  the  voice  of  the  world  is  the  voice  of  the  Lord! 

Clasp  hands  of  the  Nations 

In  strong  gratulations : 
The  dark  night  is  ending  and  dawn  has  begun 
Rise  hope  of  the  ages,  arise  like  the  sun, 
All  speech  flow  to  music,  all  hearts  beat  as  one! 

Blow  bugles  of  battle  the  marches  of  peace ; 
East,  West,  North,  and  South  let  the  long  quarrel  cease. 
Sing  the  song  of  great  joy  that  the  angels  began, 
Sing  glory  to  God  and  of  good  will  to  man ! 

Hark!  joining  the  chorus 

The  heaven's  bend  o'er  us ! 
The  dark  night  is  ending  and  dawn  has  begun ; 
Rise,  hope  of  the  nations,  arise  like  the  sun,  , 
All  speech  flow  to  music,  all  hearts  beat  as  one! 

— John  Greenleaf  Whittier. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Value  of  Good  Spoken  English  In 
Daily  Life. 


Lore  Brenisholtz. 


Good  English  is  the  language  of  cul- 
tured people,  scholars  and  writers.  It 
is  important  for  parents  to  use  good 
English  and  to  begin  teaching  the  child 
in  his  earliest  years,  the  importance 
of  choosing  words  which  will  most 
clearly  and  correctly  express  his 
thoughts.  Without  such  training  the 
child,  upon  entering  school,  will  be 
handicapped  by  being  unable  to  make 
an  intelligent  use  of  his  text  books. 
A  person  who  has  not  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  early  training  in  the  use  of 
good  English  may,  by  hard  work,  ac- 
quire a  knowledge  of  certain  subjects, 
but  it  will  be  of  little  advantage  to 
him  without  an  adequate  means  of 
communication,  and  success  in  any 
profession  will  be  impossible.  The 
constant  study  and  usage  of  good 
English  develops  and  stimulates  the 
mind  to  grasp  new  words  and  sub- 
jects. By  the  enlarging  of  one's  vo- 
cabulary additional  power,  ability  and 
self-confidence  are  secured. 

Any  one  who  attempts  to  speak 
without  the  ability  to  say  much  in  a 
short  time  will  tire  his  listeners  and 
fail  to  impress  them  with  the  import- 
ance of  his  message. 

In  the  business  world  nothing  so  in- 
spires confidence  as  a  clear  manner  of 
speaking,  whether  it  be  the  mechanic, 
the  merchant,  or  one  in  a  profession. 
The  salesman  who  receives  the  prince- 
ly   salary    is    the    one    who    has    spent 


'  years  in  carefully  choosing  his  words 
and  his  manner  of  presenting  them. 
The  preacher  who  has  acquired  the 
art  of  speaking  without  notes  and  who 
has  a  mastery  of  English  that  enables 
him  to  choose  a  subject  and  language 
suitable  to  his  hearers  is  the  one  wko 
will  win  the  most  converts.  The  suc- 
cessful lecturer  is  the  one  who  is  able 
to  use  words  and  phrases  that  make 
the  main  points  of  his  discourse  re- 
main clearly  and  distinctly  in  the 
minds  of  his  audience. 

The  habitual  use  of  good  English 
enables  one  to  preside  successfully  at 
club  meetings  or  any  formal  gathering, 
and  wins  the  admiration  of  those  in  at- 
tendance. The  language  of  a  person 
is  indicative  of  his  station  and  charac- 
ter. People  who  use  good  English 
give  the  impression  of  being  cultured 
but  careless  English  shows  lax  man- 
ners and  morals.  Habitual  care  in 
speaking  will  strengthen  the  mind  and 
character,  will  make  one  thoughtful 
and  less  prone  to  form  hasty  conclu- 
sions. It  will  foster  a  desire  and  love 
for  the  best  in  literature  and  by  this  de- 
velopment one  may  appreciate  the  great 
minds  in  books,  and  cultured  and 
scholarly  people,  thus  ever  growing 
toward  a  fuller  appreciation  of  the 
best  and  most  enduring  things  of  life. 
Therefore  one  should  spare  no  pains 
to  use  the  best  English,  to  refrain  from 
using  slang  and  the  careless,  incorrect 
use  of  words,  and  particularly  to  study 
the  Bible  for  a  simple,  pure,  and  beau- 
tiful manner  of  expression. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Four  Greatest  Ships 


Ezra  Wenger. 


One  of  the  greatest  cries  of  the  day 
is  the  cry  for  scholarship.  Every 
young  man  nd  young  woman  needs  it, 
the  world  demands  it.  We  are  living 
in  an  age  of  specialization  and  effici- 
ency. It  is  no  longer  safe  to  rely  en- 
tirely upon  our  mental  strength  to  its 
fullest  capacity. 

We  are  taught  that  experience  is 
our  best  teacher  and  we  have  nourish- 
ed this  idea  until  we  almost  entirely 
depend  on  it.  The  great  minds  of  the 
world  have  boiled  down  the  experi- 
ence of  many  lives  and  are  now  offer* 
ing  it  to  the  ambitious  young  man  and 
young  woman  in  the  form  of  a  College 
or  University  course.  In  this  way  the 
average  person  can  get  in  from  five  to 
seven  years  what  his  forefathers  got 
by  striving  for  it  the  greater  part  of 
their  lifetime. 

Since  the  world  now  by  its  insisting 
upon  thorough  work  demands  this 
training,  it  becomes  the  duty  of  every 
person  to  equip  himself  properly  so 
that  he  can  meet  the  issues  of  the  day, 
solve  the  problems  of  the  age  and  be 
a  help  to  society.  The  world  in  fact 
is  demanding  so  much  of  us  that  un- 
less we  are  better  and  do  things  bet- 
ter than  our  ancestors,  we  are  not  as 
good  as  they  were  because  we  have 
better  opportunities  for  preparing  and 
equipping  ourselves.  Any  person  who 
does  not  avail  himself  of  these  oppor* 
trinities  will  before  long  come  to  that 
place  in  life  where  he  will  bitterly  re- 


pent of  it. 

"Hitch  your  wagon  to  the  stars,"  is 
an  old  saying  and  some  one  has  wisely 
and  aptly  added,  "But  keey  your  feet 
on  the  earth."  In  other  wrords  have 
lofty  ideals  but  do  not  let  your  ideals 
run  away  with  you.  There  are  two 
kinds  of  ideals :  the  high  and  low. 
Every  person  with  a  rational  mind 
can  have  one  or  the  other.  His  char- 
acter and  future  destiny  is  determined 
largely  by  the  nature  of  the  ideals 
which  he  holds. 

Experience  has  taught  us  that  what 
people  entertain  they  will  attain.  This 
is  very  easily  explained:  if  a  child,  so 
to  speak,  idolizes  his  teacher  and  in 
every  way  longs  to  become  like  him 
the  final  outcome  will  be  that  he  has 
absorbed  the  habits  of  his  teacher  and 
in  many  ways  is  like  him.  The 
thoughts  and  desires  of  a  person  will 
finally  crop  out  and  show  to  the  world 
by  actions  the  condition  of  the  inner 
self. 

It  is  always  better  to  wear  out 
than  to  rust  out.  So  much  is  being 
said  of  the  training  of  -the  mind  that 
we  sometimes  lose  sight  of  the  fact 
that  physical  bodies  need  training  and 
work  also.  While  this  is  true  in  many 
parts  of  the  world,  we  are  proud  to  say 
that  in  the  United  States  there  are 
more  people  working  until  they  are 
old  than  in  any  other  country.  We 
have  abandoned  labor  by  joining  it. 

It  is  true  that  when  we  work  hard  all 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


day  we  are  much  fatigued  but  then 
comes  the  blessedness  of  a  good  night's 
rest.  In  the  morning  we  feel  recre- 
ated and  also  have  the  satisfaction  of 
knowing  that  we  are  supporting  our- 
selves and  have  done  something  for 
humanity.  It  is  really  required  of  us 
that  we  should  work  because  it  is 
Nature's  way  by  which  she  keeps  us 
balanced.  Any  young  person  with 
ability  should  be  ashamed  to  die  be- 
fore he  has  done  something  worthy 
because  his  fathers  and  grandfathers 
have  done  so  much. 

The  greatest  factor  in  our  lives  that 
helps  us  to  amount  to  something  is 
moral  obligation.  All  the  mental  train- 
ing, all  the  anticipations  and  all  the 
iphysical  training  and  strength  will 
avail  nothing  if  there  is  not  a  deeper 
meaning.     The  Apostle  Paul  said,  "All 


these  things  shall  vanish  away." 
Y\  henever  we  learn  something  new, 
soon  newer  things  will  come  along  and 
we  must  learn  it  all  over  again.  If 
this  be  true,  it  remains  for  us  to  get 
something  that  will  last. 

After  all  it  is  not  the  diploma  we 
receive  on  graduation  day  that  makes 
good.  It  is  the  person  who  receives  it 
that  must  make  good.  All  the  dollars 
we  accumulate  by  hard  work  will 
amount  to  nothing  if  we  do  not  use 
common  sense.  We  may  know  all 
about  rocks  and  yet  our  hearts  may 
be  as  hard  as  they.  We  may  have 
great  ideals  but  if  we  do  not  have 
Jesus  in  our  lives  they  will  not  help 
us.  Let  us  therefore  get  these  things 
and  with  all  our  getting  let  us  get 
understanding. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


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The  Value  of  Birds. 


Frances   Ulrich. 


The  average  value  of  the  corn, 
wheat,  and  oats  crop  of  America  for 
fifty-eight  acres  is  $850.  The  birds 
have  helped  to  raise  it.  \Vere  it  not 
for  them  the  yield  would  very  likely 
be  less  than  half  what  it  is. 

At  a  rough  estimate,  what  is  Ameri- 
ca worth  financially  as  regards  her 
birds?  We  individually  pay  two  dol- 
lars to  five  dollars  for  a  canary  which 
gives  us  only  pleasure,  not  services  as 
do  our  native  birds.  Shall  we  say  that 
at  the  very  least  robins  are  worth  five 
dollars  a  pair?  To  every  fifty-eight 
acres  there  are  six  pairs  of  robins. 
For  those  acres,  in  infinitely 
small  part  of  our  great  America,  we 
have  a  bird  population  worth  $1740, 
double  the  product  raised  on  the  land. 
Can  we  compute  the  immense  finan- 
cial value  of  our  birds?  In  doing  that 
we  would  still  fall  far  short  of  their 
real  worth,  in  that  birds  have  an  aes- 
thetic value  not  able  to  be  reckoned  in 
dollars  and  cents. 

As  for  the  economical  side  our  Gov- 
ernment has  done  wonders  in  teaching 
its  citizens  to  look  upon  the  birds  as 
members  of  an  important  allied  na- 
tion. The  Government  has  happily 
taken  a  census  of  our  feathered  broth- 
ers. The  results  of  this  census  show 
that  robins  are  most  numerous,  Eng- 
lish sparrows  hold  second  place,  cat 
birds  come  fourth ;  wrens  and  blue 
birds,  our  most  valuable  friends,  stand 
fifth. 


Whether  a  bird  is  beneficial  or  in- 
jurious depends  almost  altogether  up- 
on what  it  eats. 

Observing  the  birds  in  their  feeding 
does  not  give  conclusive  results.  Birds 
are  often  accused  of  eating  this  or  that, 
when  an  examination  of  their  stom- 
ach proves  the  report  unfounded. 
This  latter  method,  far  more  satisfac- 
tory and  convincing  has  been  adopted 
by  the  Biological  Survey  for  its  sys- 
tematic investigation  of  the  food  of 
our  common  birds. 

Naturally,  when  their  accustomed 
food  is  lacking,  birds  eat  what  is  most 
acceptable.  Thus  they  sometimes  in- 
jure the  crops  of  farmers  who  have 
thoughtlessly  or  selfishly  cleared  away 
bird  food  by  destroying  trees,  bushes 
and  swamps.  Most  damage  done  by 
birds  arises  from  this  very  cause.  They 
have  no  other  means  of  satisfing  their 
hunger  except  by  eating  what  has 
been  left.  This  we  should  gladly  and 
ungrudgingly  (give  them,  since  the 
majority  of  land  birds  feed  almost  en- 
tirely upon  insects  during  the  nesting 
period  and  therein  lies  their  value  to 
man  according  to  economic  interests. 

The  robin,  a  general  favorite,  yet 
not  so  worthy  as  the  bluebird,  con- 
sumes about  forty-two  per  cent,  insects 
and   fifty-eight   per  cent,   small  fruits. 

While  the  robin  does  take  quite  a  bit 
of  fruit,  yet  he  prefers  the  wild  and 
eats  ten  times  more  of  that.  On  the 
whole,  his  worth  overbalances  his 
faults. 


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The  woodpeckers  are  also  regard- 
ed with  some  suspicion  because  they 
peck  holes  in  trees.  However,  they 
rarely  in  any  way  damage  a  sound 
tree.  On  the  contrary  they  are  the 
best  protectors  a  tree  has.  Not  only 
are  grubs  a  great  favorite  with  wood- 
peckers, ants  are  also  well  liked,  5,000 
having  been  eaten  by  a  flicker. 

Another  much  abused  bird  is  the 
English  sparrow.  So  great  has  the 
argument  become  that  the  Govern- 
ment has  issued  a  special  bulletin 
about  it,  which  unfortunately  was  not 
obtainable.  If  the  writer  may  give 
her  personal  views,  she  is  a  warm 
friend  of  that  distrusted  and  hated 
bird.  What  sparrows  live  on  is  some- 
what hard  to  judge  from  observation, 
but  it  is  certain  that  they  devour  an 
amount  of  obnoxious  seeds  and  insects 
more  than  equal  to  the  fruit  or  vege- 
tables they  destroy.  As  to  their  de- 
struction of  other  birds,  it  is  not  so 
great  as  that  of  the  jays,  cowbirds, 
and  others. 

Our  most  brilliant  and  one  of  our 
sweetest-toned  birds,  the  Baltimore 
oriole,  is  a  good  friend  of  the  farmer 
and  fruit-grower,  since  its  food  con- 
sists chiefly  of  caterpillars. 

The  common  meadow  lark  is  a  great 
benefit  to  field  during  grasshopper 
season.  This  feathered  'friends  feats 
seventy-two"  per  cent,  insects,  and  the 
remaining  per  cent.,   mostly  seeds. 

The  red-winged  black  bird  is  often 
considered  a  nuisance,  yet  only  thir- 
teen per  cent,  of  their  food  has  been 
found  to  consist  of  grain.  Seventy- 
four  per  cent,  is  insects  and  the  other 
thirteen,  seeds  of  troublesome  plants. 

Scientific  research  has  done  much  to 
whiten   the    crows   reputation.     About 


eighty  per  cent,  of  its  substenance  con- 
sists of  insects  and  grubs.  The  fact  that 
it  destroys  corn,  toads,  snakes,,  small 
birds,  and  even  chicken  eggs  is  not  in 
its  favor,  yet  these  offenses  can  be 
guarded  against  somewhat. 

Birds  of  the  titmouse  family,  though 
small  in  size,  make  up  in  numbers  and 
energy.  They  are  of  immense  service 
in  devouring  eggs  and  larvae  which 
other  birds  pass  unnoticed.  Their 
diet  is  made  up  on  sixty-eight  per 
cent,  animal  and  thirty-two  vegetable 
matter. 

The  bluebird,  perhaps  more  welcome 
than  the  robin,  is  very  valuable  for 
its  destruction  of  grasshoppers.  Beet- 
les form  twenty-one  per  cent,  of  their 
food,  caterpillars  twenty,  grasshoppers 
twenty-two,  which  in  autumn  run  up 
to  fifty-three  per  cent.  Considering 
vegetable  food,  the  blue  bird  is  abso^ 
lutely  harmless. 

The  little  wren,  for  all  its  gossipy 
ways,  is  the  most  industrious  and 
beneficial.  Its  food  consists  of  ninety- 
eight  per  cent,  insects  and  two  per 
cent,  vegetable.  For  that  remarkable 
record,  it  should  be  given  every  pos- 
sible inducement  to  increase  and  make 
friends   with   man. 

Suppose  for  a  time  the  13,000  kinds 
of  birds  living  on  the  earth  were  sud- 
denly destroyed.  The  first  thing  we 
would  notice  would  be  iooo's  and  10,- 
ooo's  of  caterpillars  and  maggots 
against  which  birds  are  most  effect- 
ive. In  just  how  many  years  crops 
would  entirely  fail,  and  with  them  the 
human  race,  cannot  be  said,  but  it 
would  come  surely  and  quickly  . 

Little,  infinitely  little,  do  we  real- 
ize the  marvelous  part  birds  play  in 
the   plan    of   things !     Surely,    nothing 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


13 


in  Nature  is  half  so  marvelous  as  the 
life  of  birds!  Almost  beyond  human 
belief  is  the  wonderful  and  mysterious 
passing  of  birds  in  the  night.  Thous- 
ands upon  thousands  of  winged  crea- 
tures, all  sizes  and  colors,  are  passing 
— invisible  to  us  unless  by  chance 
they  cross  the  narrow  path  of  light 
made  by  the  moon,  and  even  then  we 
cannot  see  them  without  a  telescope. 
Imagine  a  tiny  wren  flying  onward 
through  the  blackness  of  the  night, 
hour  after  hour,  mile  upon  mile,  now 
in  company  with  a  robin,  then  close 
to  a  great- winged  heron !  Consider 
the  golden  plovers.  The  brave  little 
wanderers  complete  yearly  an  amazing 
journey  of  16,000  miles !  Even  the 
tiny  humming  birds  migrate;  they, 
cover  about  3,500  miles  flying  from  the 
Arctic  regions  to  Mexico.  Is  any 
fairy  story  half  so  wonderful? 

The  beautiful  lessons  the  birds  give 
us  in  their  migrating  belong  to  the 
aesthetic  value  of  birds,  a  side  little 
regarded  by  most  of  us.  Do  we  ever 
think  what  a  dreary,  uninteresting 
world  this  would  be  without  the  songs 
of  'birds,  their  gay  flashes  of  color 
and    their    intenselv    human      actions? 


Birds  give  us  far  more  inspiration  than 
does  any  other  living  thing.  How 
about  the  canaries  we  keep  in  cages? 
Would  we  be  happy  and  tuneful  were 
we  denied  our  freedom?  Could  we  be 
satisfied  with  a  few  seeds  not  of  our 
own  choosing  and  not  enough  water 
to  take  a  refreshing  bath?  We  con- 
sole ourselves  with  the  thought  that 
the  canary  knows  no  better.  That  is 
a  debatable  question.  Again,  are 
many  of  us  gay  and  pleased  to  be  out 
in  cold  weather  even  when  warmly 
protected?  How  many  times  have  we 
seen  brave  little  song  sparrows  defy 
a  snow  storm,  actually  singing  as 
cheerful  as  in  summer  time?  Would 
we  at  any  price  give  up  Bryant's 
beautiful  and  inspiring  "Lines  to  a 
Waterfowl"?  These  are  values  which 
can  never  be  computed  in  dollars  and 
cents.  Are  we  so  indifferent  as  to  ne- 
glect these  messengers  of  God?  Let 
us  increase  our  efforts  a  hundred  fold 
in  protecting  Natures  most  import- 
ant citizens.  Our  Government  has 
seen  fit  to  make  laws  for  their  protec- 
tion. It  is  for  us  to  aid  in  enforcing 
them  and  in  making  others  realize  the 
importance  of  birds.     Will  we  do  it? 


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"I  Told  You  So." 


Ruth   E.   Reber. 


"I  told  you  so"  is  a  phrase  that  is 
used  daily.  It  seems  to  give  people 
great  pleasure  to  be  able  to  say  to 
someone  who  has  made  a  mistake,  or 
failed  in  some  undertaking,  "I  told  you 
so."  Instead  of  saying"  "I  told  you  so" 
would  it  not  be  better  to  say  to  some- 
one who  has  trouble  "I  feel  sorry  for 
you,"  or  ask  to  help  them  in  some 
way? 

For  instance,  a  young  man  who  was 
just  starting  in  business,  was  talking 
to  an  old  man  whom  he  had  known  for 
years.  He  was  telling  him  about  his 
new  plans  and  methods  he  meant  to 
try,  and  when  he  had  finished  speak- 
ing, the  old  man  said  "you  better 
wouldn't   try    these   new   methods   my 


son,  the  old  ones  are  the  best."  The 
boy,  however,  used  his  new  ones  and 
it  so  happened  that  some  of  them  fail- 
ed. Then  was  the  old  man's  time  to 
say  "I  told  you  so"  and  he  certainly 
said  it,  looked  it,  and  thought  it.  Now 
it  would  have  helped  the  young  man 
more,  and  made  it  mode  comfortable 
for  every  one  if  he  had  said  "I  feel 
sorry  for  you,  and  I  hope  you  will 
come  out  all   right." 

"I  told  you  so;"  just  watch  yourself 
.■nd  see  how  many  times  you  say  it,  or 
look  it,  or  think  it,  a  think  which  is 
just  as  bad.  Just  watch  and  see  how 
many  people  you  can  help  by  giving 
a  word  of  cheer  instead  of  that  pessi- 
mistic "I  told  vou  so." 


Laughter. 

Laughter !  'tis  the  poor  man's  plaster, 
Covering  up  each  sad  disaster. 
Laughing  he  forgot  his  trougles, 
Which,  though  real,  seem  but  bubbles. 
Laughter!  'tis  the  seal  of  nature 
rtamped  upon  the  human   creature. 
Laughter,   whether  loud  or  mute, 
Tells  the  human   kind  from   brute. 
Laughter !   'tis   Hope's  living  voice 
Bidding  us  to  make  our  choice, 
And  to  call  from  thorny  bowers, 
Leaving  thorns  and  taking  flowers. 


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Preparedness. 

In  these  days  of  war  and  turmoil 
one  hears  the  subject  of  preparedness 
being  discussed  on  every  side.  For 
sometime  it  has  been  a  much  discus- 
sed issue  not  only  within  the  walls 
of  State,  but  also  in  the  schoolroom, 
lawyer's  office,  and  yes,  even  from  the 
pulpit.  But  ah,  the  statesman,  pro- 
fessor, lawyer,  and  preacher  are  speak- 
ing of  military  preparedness.  It  is  a 
much  greater  issue  in  which  we  at 
Elizabethtown  College  are  interested. 
We  hear  very  little  of  being  prepared 


for  war.  The  motto  of  our  school  is, 
"Educate  for  Service."  So  we  hear 
from  platform  and  class  room,  "Be 
prepared,"  but  not  for  war,  but — "for 
life  and  service."  One  of  the  most 
striking  talks  ever  given  in  our  mid- 
week prayer  meeting  was  on  being 
prepared  for  life.  The  speaker  said 
that  so  often  we  hear  the  question  ask- 
ed of  a  person,  "Was  he  prepared  to 
die?"  But  how  seldom  do  we  hear, 
"Is  he  prepared  to  live?"  If  one  is 
prepared  for  life,  death  need  cause  no 
concern ;  it  will  only  be     a  transition 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


from  a  lower  life,  into  a  higher,  better 
nobler  life.  If  it  is  life,  then,  for  which 
we  must  be  prepared,  the  question 
naturally  follows,  "How  shall  we  pre- 
pare for  life?" 

In  the  first  place,  every  man  and  wo- 
man must  be  in  a  state  of  physical 
preparedness  for  the  battles  of  life. 
Most  of  us  have  been  given  by  the 
Creator  good,  strong,  healthy  bodies. 
Our  first  duty,  then,  in  becoming  pre- 
pared for  life  is  to  develop  these  physi- 
cal bodies.  Some  one  has  said  that 
man's  first  duty  is  to  be  a  good  animal. 
Some  of  the  things  necessary  for  de- 
veloping a  strong  body  are  sunshine, 
fresh  air,  exercise,  nourishing  food, 
healthful  surroundings.  All  these  may 
be  had  in  abundance  on  College  Hill. 

Then,  too,  freedom  from  bad  habits 
is  necessary  to  physical  perfection. -If 
we  .have  been  indulging  in  bad  habits 
let  us  stop  at  once.  We  have  been 
told  again  and  again  that  boarding 
school  is  a  most  auspicious  place  for 
breaking  bad  habits.  Let  us  give  it 
a  trial.  We  owe  it  not  only  to  our- 
selves and  those  about  us  to  develop 
perfect  physical  bodies,  but  also  to  the 
coming  generation.  The  young  men 
and  women  of  to-day  will  be  the  fath- 
ers and  mothers  of  to-morrow.  They 
owe  it  to  those  children  of  to-morrow 
to  be  physically  prepared  for  the  high 
calling  of  parenthood. 

Not  only  is  physical  preparedness 
necessary  to  a  wholly  uccessful  life 
but  also  mental  preparedness.  The 
world  as  never  before  is  demanding 
men  of  training.  The  days  of  our 
grandfathers  are  past.  We  no  longer 
hear  of  men  attaining  high  positions 
without  brains  to  back  them.  For  in- 
stance,   the    medical      profession      de- 


mands years  of  careful  scholastic  and 
hospital  training,  the  teaching  profes- 
sion is  being  filled  by  men  and  women 
trained  in  normal  schools  and  colleges 
for  that  work  and  is  not  being  filled 
by  the  one  who  can  wield  the  rod  most 
effectually.  Likewise,  the  ministry  is 
beginning  more  and  more  to  demand 
men  of  thorough  intellectual  training. 
And  so  it  is  in  all  departments  of  life, 
scholarship  is  being  demanded.  This 
is  not  unreasonable  when  we  consider 
the  facilities  for  obtaining  an  educa- 
tion which  are  ours.  High  School 
training  is  offered  to  nearly  every  boy 
and  girl.  It  does  not  stop  there.  High- 
er schools  of  learning  are  numerous 
and  easy  of  access.  Financial  inabili- 
ty to  go  through  college  is  no  longer 
a  legitimate  excuse  for  the  lack  of  a 
college  course.  There  is  no  school 
that  will  not  give  the  ambitious  boy 
and  girl  a  chance.  So  for  these  rea- 
sons we  owe  it  to  the  world  to  be  in- 
tellectually prepared  for  life.  Again, 
boarding  school  offers  opportunities 
along  this  line.  Our  school  we  con- 
sider just  the  place  to  secure  intellect- 
ual training.  Our  graduates  are  hold- 
ing their  own  in  the  various  walks  in 
life  into  which  they  have  entered. 

Not  only  is  physical  and  mental  pre- 
paredness necessary  but  'also1  moral 
and  spiritual.  The  man  who  develops 
his  body  to  the  neglect  of  his  mind  is 
a  mere  animal.  This  was  not  the  de- 
sign of  his  creation.  Such  a  man  is 
not  properly  balanced.  If  his  mind  is 
developed  to  the  neglect  of  his  body 
he  is  again  unproperly  balanced.  But 
the  man  who  is  a  physical  giant,  a 
mental  wonder  is  still  lacking  in  sym- 
metry. Just  as  surely  as  a  man  is  a 
three-fold   creature— body,   mind,   and 


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soul  so  surely  must  he  be  physically, 
mentally,  and  spiritually  developed  in 
order  to  be  a  perfectly  balanced  man. 
Man  was  created  in  God's  own  image. 
We  read  that  a  soul  is  worth  more  than 
the  whole  world.  How  vastly  import- 
ant then  it  is  for  us  to  be  concerned 
about  our  spiritual  preparedness  for 
life. 

Taking  Jesus  Christ  into  our  lives  is 
the  first  step  in  spiritual  growth.  A 
well  rounded  spiritual  nature  is  not 
attained  in  a  da)'-  but  is  the  result  of 
pure  thoughts,  right  speech,  and  noble 
acts.  Our  souls  do  not  develop  with- 
out care  anymore  than  our  bodies  or 
minds,  but  by  making  Christ  king  and 
by  being  in  constant  communication 
with  Him  we  may  have  continued 
soul  growth  and  grow  in  His  image 
and  likeness.  The  opportunitites  for 
attaining  a  state  of  spiritual  prepared- 
ness are  many.  We  have  often  won- 
dered how  men  and  women  can  live  on 
College   Hill   for  three  or   four  years 


and  not  absorb  the  religious  atmos- 
phere of  the  place.  But  there  have 
been  those  here  who  did  that.  Then, 
too,  we  have  often  wondered  how  soon 
the  time  will  come  when  such  an  one 
will  say,  "I  am  so  sorry  that  I  did  not 
take  advantage  of  those  opportunities," 
for  that  time  will  surely  come. 

It  we  keep  in  mind  the  motto  of  our 
school  "Educate  for  Service,'  'there 
is  not  much  danger  that  we  prepare 
along  one  line  to  the  neglect  of  the 
other  two.  If  we  go  through  our 
school  years  determined  that  they 
shall  be  the  means  of  preparation  for 
life  we  will  take  advantage  of  all  op- 
portunities for  physical,  mental  and 
spiritual  culture.  With  strong  bodies, 
clear  minds,  and  pure  hearts,  the 
world  lies  before  us.  Let  us,  there- 
fore, go  out  into  it  with  a  conscious- 
ness that  we  are  prepared  to  make  a 
life  "rich,  sweet,  and  beautiful,  unmar- 
red  by  strife." 


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Christmas  will  soon  be  here.  Are 
you  getting  ready?  Do  your  Christ- 
mas shopping  early. 

On  October  27  Prof.  Schlosser  gave 
us  a  very  inspiring  talk  on"The  Ad- 
vantages of  a  Small  College."  The 
subject  was  ably  discussed  and  every 
one  appreciated  his  talk  greatly. 

On  October  25  and  26  the  Lancaster 
Count}-  Sunday  School  Association 
met  in  Lancaster.  Among  those  in  at- 
tendance from  College  Hill  were  Prof. 
Schlosser,  Prof.  Ober,  Miss  Meyer, 
Messrs.  Baugher,  Wenger  and  Weav- 
er. They  brought  many  helpful  sug- 
gestions from  the  convention. 

We  were  very  glad  to  have  Miss 
Martha  Schwenck,  a  former  student, 
in  our  midst  recently.  She  was  on 
her  way  to  Philadelphia,  where  she  is 
in  training  at  one  of  the  hospitals. 

We  are  surry  to  say  that  another 
student  was  forced  to  leave  school  for 
the  present,  viz.,  Miss  Sara  Moyer. 
Miss  Moyer  is  at  her  home  in  Lans- 
dale  resting.  WTe  expect  her  back  on 
College  Hill  before  the  year  is  over. 


Misses  Margaret  Oellig  and  Alice 
Reber  recently  visited  at  the  home  of 
the  Misses  Young. 

Recently  several  of  the  students  had 
planed  to  take  a  walk.  They  were 
scheduled  to  leave  at  two  o'clock. 
About  ten  o'clock  Miss  Longenecker 
glanced  at  the  clock  and  sighed.  On 
being  ask  the  cause  for  the  sigh  she 
said  "Oh  it's  so  long  till  two  o'clock." 

Mr.  F.  to  Miss  R.— "Miss  Reber,  I'm 
going  to  have  the  reception  room  Sat- 
urday night." 

Miss  R. — "You  mean  thing,  I  want 
it." 

A  very  beautful  pantomine  entitled 
"My  Faith  Looks  Up  to  Thee"  was 
recently  given  in  society  by  four  of  the 
girls. 

The  boys  in  Memorial  Hall  have 
been  having  considerable  sport  with 
an  opossum  which  was  captured  by 
Mr.  Shinham.  The  opossum  was  used 
as  a  live  model  by  the  drawing  class. 
Later  one  of  the  boys  mounted  the 
animal    for    the    museum. 


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Mr.  H.  Hershey  in  Chemistry — "Say 
hand  me  that  consecrated  sulphuric 
acid,  will  you." 

Have  you  seen  the  class  pins  of  the 
.Seniors?  They  are  quite  a  neat  little 
pin.  They  were  purchased  from  Mr. 
Reisner  of  Lancaster, 

Miss  Naomi  Longenecker  of  Pal- 
myra, was  a  recent  visitor  on  the  hill. 
She  reports  great  interest  in  her  work. 

We  are  glad  to  notice  the  increasing 
interest  in  the  literary  societies.  We 
believe  our  students  are  beginning  to 
realize  the  value  of  the  training  that 
one  receives  in  societies  of  this  kind. 
We  would  urge  that  anyone  who  has 
not  yet  joined  will  do  so  before  the 
end  of  the  fall  term. 

Prof.  Via  to  Miss  Souder,— "Miss 
Souder,  how  do  you  divide  one  frac- 
tion  into   another?" 

Miss  Souder,  (quickly)— "Upset  the 
denominator  and  multiply." 

Sunday.  October  29,  the  following 
persons  from  Maryland  visited  Prof 
and  Mrs.  Schlosser:  Prof  and  Mrs. 
John  Royer  and  daughter  Pauline; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Weighbright  and 
daughter  and  Miss  Jennie  Weigh- 
bright. 

Miss  Sallie  Miller  visited  at  her 
home  in  Myerstown  recently. 

Mr.  J.  Hershey  to  Miss  Bucher— 
"Miss  Bucher,  I'm  going  hunting  to- 
morrow." 

Miss  Bucher — "I  don't  care." 

Mr.  Hershey— "Well  if  I  go  away, 
you  wont  have  any  roommate." 

Prof.  Meyer  in  Arithmetic — "Mr. 
Brubaker,  why  does  this  town  need 
$132,000  in  taxes? 

Mr.  B.— "Because  they  don't  have 
it." 


Miss   F.   Moyer— "I   like  big  boys." 

Miss  K.— "So  we  notice." 

Miss  M.  (in  confusion) — Oh  well  I 
mean  I  like  big  boys  when  they're 
little." 

Miss  Vera  Laughliri  was  visited  re- 
cently by  her  father  and  sister  of 
Shady  Grove,  Pa. 

The  Volunteer  Band  was  greatly 
strengthened  by  the  visit  of  Merlin  G. 
Miller,  travelling  secretary  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  Volunteer  Movement  of  the 
Church  of  the  Brethren.  He  gave 
several  inspiring  messages.  Since  his 
visit  several  more  have  signed  the 
card. 

Did  you  wonder  why  Prof.  Meyer 
smiled  so  broadly  on  Monday,  Octob- 
er 24?  Well  I'll  whisper  the  secret 
to  yon.  On  Saturday,  October  22,  a 
bouncing  baby  boy,  Jacob  Junior,  made 
its  appearance  at  the  Meyer  home. 
Do  you  wonder  then  that  Professor 
smiled? 

The  lecture,  "America's  Destiny"  by 
Chancellor  George  H.  Bradford  of 
Oklahoma,  was  one  of  the  strongest 
lectures  ever  given  on  College  Hill. 
Chancellor  Bradford  was  with  us, 
Thursday,  November  2.  There  was 
not  a  Avord  of  foolishness  in  the  entire 
lecture.  Every  word  counted.  He 
held  his  audience  almost  soell  bound 
for  over  an  hour.  Such  lectures  are 
almost  invaluable  to  one. 

Several  of  the  boys  went  hunting 
the  beginning  of  the  season.  As  a  re- 
sult some  of  us  had  a  rabbit  dinner, 
and  it  was  good,  too. 

Quite  a  bit  of  spirit  was  manifested 
in  the  recent  election  on  College  Hill. 
The  majority  seemed  to  favor  Wilson. 
Mr.  Graham  was  his  main  advocate. 


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Messrs.  Henry  and  John  Hershey 
were  hunting  in  Chester  county  the 
first  week  of  the  rabbit  season.  They 
were  very  successful.  Together  the)- 
shot  thirty-seven  "cotton  tails"  in  two 
and  a  half  days. 

"Wasn't  it  the  best  social  we  ever 
had."  This  remark  was  heard  by  the 
editor  after  our  Hallowe'en  social, 
Tuesday,  October  31.  and  truly  it  was. 
The  social  committee  had  worked 
faithfully  and  at  five  o'clock  the  stu- 
dents assembled  in  Music  Hall  where 
they  found  "partners."  After  that  they 
were  escorted  to  the  library  where  the 
social  was  held.  There  tb^  found  all 
sorts  of  games  to  be  done,  which  they 
thoroughly  enjoyed.  Then  at  six  thir- 
ty everybody  went  to  the  dining  room 
which  had  been  decorated  for  the  oc- 
casion with  pumpkins,  leaves,  crepe 
paper,  etc.  A  splendid  lunch  consist- 
ing of  sandwiches,  pretzels,  nuts,  ap- 
ples, pumpkin  pie,  cakes  and  cocoa 
was  served.  Miss  Meyer  acted  as 
toast  mistress.  Speeches  were  made 
by  Prof.  Leiter,  Mr.  Via  and  Miss 
Maupin.  Miss  Gertrude  Miller  re- 
cited "Little  Orphan  Annie,"  and  then 
Miss  Brenisholtz  recited  a  short  se- 
lection. Prof  and  Mrs.  Via  sang  for 
us.  The  last  song  "E'town  will  shine 
tonight"  saw  everyone  smiling  his 
best  and  we  are  sure  the  social  com- 
mittee felt  repaid  for  their  efforts  be- 
cause everyone  had  such  a  royal  good 
time. 

The  "mock  trial"  given  at  a  public 
program  of  the  Keystone  Literary  So- 
ciety attracted  quite  a  crowd.  To 
judge  by  their  applause  they  thorough- 
ly enjoyed  it,  too.  "Si  Mossback"  was 
the  culprit     He  was  tried  for  stealing 


"a  brand  new,  made  in  the  factory, 
1918  model,  six-cylinder  Ford."  While 
the  trial  was  somewhat  humorous,  we 
feel  it  was  instructive  as  well,  because 
many  people  do  not  know  how  a  tria# 
is  conducted.  The  work  was  entirely 
original.  Prof.  H.  A.  Via  was  the  di- 
rector. 

Children's  Day  services  were  held 
in  the  Elizabethtown  Church  of  the 
Brethren,  Sunday,  November  5.  The 
main  speaker  of  the  afternoon  was  W. 
K.  Conner  of  Harrisburg.  There  was 
special  music  by  a  double  trio.  The 
children  showed  that  they  had  been? 
given  splendid  training"  and  we  wish* 
to  congratulate  the  directors  of  the  ser- 
vice. 

Sunday,  October  29  seemeed  to  be 
visitor's  day  on  College  Hill.  Sever- 
al of  the  students  received  surprise 
visits  from  the  "home  folks."  Mr.  and' 
Mrs.  Luther  Leiter  of  Greencastle, 
visited  their  daughter,  Kathryn.  Mr. 
and  Airs.  Brown  Oellig  of  Green 
Castle,  visited  their  daughter  Margaret 
and  Miss  Eva  Arbegast  had  as  her 
guests  her  mother  and  sister  of  Me- 
chanicsburg,  and  her  brother  of  Al- 
toona. 

holding  a  large  pink  paper  in  his  hand^ 
— "Mr.  Groff  is  that  a  Wilson  or  » 
Hughes  ballot?" 

Mr.  Groff— "Neither,  it's  the  en- 
trance blank  to  a  dog  show." 

Prof.  Nye  in  Rhetoric— "Miss  Kil- 
hefner,  give  a  sentence  with  the  word 
"beside'  'in  it. 

Miss  Kilhefner  then  gave  this  con- 
fession— "Beside  the  boys  we  walked 
along." 

The   Day   After   the   Election 

Miss  Myer  to  Mr.  Groff   (who  was 


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November  4  and  5  Professor's  Ober 
and  Schlosser  conducted  a  Bible  Insti- 
tute at  Black  Rock,  Pa.  Prof.  Ober 
spoke  along  the  line  of  Sunday  School 
Pedagogy.  Prof.  Schlosser  taught  the 
first  epistle  of  John.  Messrs.  Baugh- 
er,  Baum  and  Wenger  also  attended 
the  institute. 

One  morning  at  breakfast  Mr. 
Wenger  passed  the  mush  to  Miss  Kil- 
hefner  who  sweetly  said,  "No,  thank 
you,  pass  it  to  the  girls  first." 

We  are  indeed  glad  to  report  that 
our  fellow  editor  Mr.  Shissler  is  again 
back  on  "College  Hill."  He  has  en- 
tirely recovered  from  his  illness  and 
expects  to  resume  his  editorial  duties 
next  month. 

Miss  Meyer  visited  at  her  home  in 
Bareville,  November  11  and  12. 

Prof.  Nye  gave  us  a  very  inspiring 
Chapel  talk  on  November  13.  His 
subject  was  "The  Relation  of  Good 
Manners   to   a   Community." 

The  editorial  staff  is  preparing  some 
splendid  surprises  Tor  the  readers  of 
"Our  College  Times."  Every  one 
wants  to  see  that  his  subscription  is 
kept  up. 

The  anniversary  exercises  held  in 
the  College  Chapel,  Monday  evening, 
November  13,  proved  to  be  of  great 
interest.  Our  school  has  reached  her 
sixteenth  year.  The  one  idea  that 
seemed  to  predominate  throughout  the 
program  was  to  make  the  next  year 
even  more  successful  than  the  preceed- 
ing  years.  The  program  was  opened 
by  an  invocation  by  J.  W.  G.  Hershey 
of  Lititz.  The  Choral  Union  of  the 
College  then  sang  "O  Praise  Ye  the 
Lord."  Miss  Mary  Hershey  then  re- 
cited "The   Doctor's  Story"     in     that 


pleasing  manner  of  hers.  Mr.  W.  F. 
Eshelman,  who  is  a  student  at  Juniata 
College  gave  a  masterly  oration  "The 
Tragedy  of  Life.'  The  principal  ad- 
dress of  the  evening  was  given  by 
Prof.  J.  W.  Snoke  of  Lebanon.  His 
subject  was  "Signposts  on  Life's  High- 
way." Every  one  of  the  speakers  had 
a  vital  message  to  give.  A  trio  of 
ladies  sang  "Come  Little  Leaves." 
The  Choral  Union  rendered  the  last 
feature  on  the  program,  an  anthem  en- 
titled "Hide  Me  O  My  Savior."  The 
Committee  who  prepared  the  program 
deserve  great  credit  for  securing  such 
able  speakers. 

Hurrah   for  "Olive  and   Maroon." 
A  number  of  our  students  and  teach- 
ers attended   Lancaster   County   Insti- 
tute at  Lancaster. 

Among  former  students  at  the  anni- 
versary program  we  noticed  Misses 
Ruth  G.  Taylor,  Edna  Hoffer  and  Mary 
Hershey. 

The  Ministerial  Sunday  School  and 
Missionary  Convention  held  recently 
in  the  Akron  Church  was  very  success- 
ful. 

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Keystone   Society   Notes. 

On  Friday  night.  October  20th,  the 
Keystone  Literary  Society  met  in  pub- 
lic session. 

At  this  meeting  the  newly  elected 
officer  were  inaugurated  as  follows : 
President,  J.  Harold  Engle;  Vice 
President,  Isaac  Taylor;  Secretary, 
Ruth  N.  Kilhefner;  Critic,  Floy  G. 
Good. 

The  inaugural  address  on  the  sub- 
ject "Keep  Smiling,"  was  then  given 
by  Mr.  Engle,  after  which  the  follow- 
ing program  wras  rendered  :     Music — 


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"Soldier's  Chorus"  from  Faust,  Chorus 
Class ;  Declamation,  Mr.  Carl  Smith ; 
Impromptu  Class,  Miss  Anna  Ruth 
Eshelman  ;  Trio — "Promenade,"  Miss- 
es Bucher,  Mover,  Eshelman ;  Liter- 
ary Echo,  written  by  Miss  Phoebe 
Longenecker,  read  by  Miss  Ruth  Buch- 
er. 

Our  heartiest  welcome  to  all  the 
visitors  who  helped  to  fill  up  Society 
Hall,  Friday  night,  November  3rd,  the 
night  of  our  notable  Mock  Trial.  We 
bid  you  come  again  and  enjoy  our 
other  programs  with  us. 

The  first  feature  of  this  program 
was  a  Piano  Duet  entitled  "Wedding 
March,"  by  Miss  Bucher  and  Mr. 
Engle.  This  was  followed  by  a  very 
splendid  and  much  appreciated  Liter- 
ary Echo,  by  J.  Harold  Engle.  The 
Vocal  Solo  entitled  "The  Holy  City," 
by  Mrs.  Via,  was  thoroughly  enjoyed 
by -every  one. 

At  this  point  the  Sheriff  summoned 
the  Court  to  assemble  in  regular  ses- 
sion. The  case  before  the  Court  to  be 
tried  was  that  of  Si  Mossback,  who 
was  accused  of  stealing  a  six-cylinder 
made  in  the  factory,  nineteen  eighteen 
model  Ford,  for  the  purpose  of  escape 
ing  to  be  married.  The  chief  charac- 
ters in  the  trial  appeared  as  follows : 
Judge — Prof.  Via  ;  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney— Mr.  Archibald  Greenback — Reu- 
ben Fogelsanger;  Prosecuting  Witnes- 
ses—  "Just  Plain  Jim" — Mr.  David 
Markey,  and  Chief  of  Police  Tangle- 
foot— Grant  Weaver ;  Defense  Attor- 
ney— Miss  Samantha  Seeds — Eva  V. 
Arbegast;  Defense  Witnesses— Hanni- 
bal Hambone — Isaac  Taylor,  and  De- 
borah Hepsibah  Crackertop — Florence 
Moyer  ;  Prisoner — Si  Mossback —  R. 
Elam    Zug;   Chief   Spokesman  of   the 


Jury — Mr.  Honey funkle — Walter  Lan^ 
dis  ;  Sheriff  Waybrier — Arthur  Beet- 
em  ;  Other  Jurymen,  Assistant  Attor- 
neys and  Secretaries.  After  altogeth- 
er convincing  and  unquestionable  evi- 
dence had  been  duly  expounded  and 
expostulated,  by  the  Attorneys  and 
Witnesses  of  both  sides,  the  prisoner 
having  plead  "not  guilty,"  the  jury  was 
conducted  to  the  jury  room  to  decide 
on  its  verdict.  At  first  consideration 
the  prisoner  was  pronounced  guilty  of 
murder  in  the  first  degree,  and  was 
given  his  choice  of  a  sentence  for  life 
imprisonment  or  capital  punishment. 
But  since  the  prisoner  was  not  on  trial 
for  murder,  but  simply  for  stealing  a 
six-cylinder,  rhade  in  the  factory, 
brand  new  , nineteen  eighteen  model 
Ford,  the  judge  informed  the  jury  that 
it  must  recall  its  verdict.  After  re- 
considering the  case,  the  jury  decided 
that  the  prisoner  had  always  been  an 
honest,  upright  fellow  and  therewith 
set  at  liberty.  The  Court  was  then 
adjourned. 

Homerian  Society  Notes. 

The  Homerian  Society  cannot  boast 
of  its  size  this  year.  The  work,  how- 
ever, has  been  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive. The  following  active  members 
have  been  received  into  the  society: 
Messrs.  John  Hershey,  Henry  Her- 
shey,  David  Markey,  Grant  Weaver, 
and  Prof.-  H.  A.  Via,  Misses  Ruth 
Bucher  and  Helen  G.  Oellig.  Mrs. 
Jennie  Ma  is  an  honorary  member. 

At  a  private  program  recently 
Messrs.  Weaver  and  Markey  were  call- 
ed upon  for  extemporaneous  speeches. 
The  former  spoke  on  the  subject: 
"Why  do  so  many  accidents  occur  at 
the  beginning  of  the  hunting  season?"; 


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the  latter  on,  "The  advantages  of  a 
three  months  canvass  compared  with 
the  same  time  spent  in  school."  Both 
gentlement  acquitted  themselves  well. 

A  public  program  was  rendered  Nov. 
10,  it  was  as  follows :  Opening  prayer — 
Chaplain,  D.  H.  Markey;  Piano  solo — 
"Ye  Banks  and  Braes,"  Ruth  Bucher; 
Essay,  "The  Value  of  Birds" — Frances 
Ulrich  ;  Song,  "Juanita" — Society;  De- 
bate, Resolved,  That  Wilson's  policy 
concerning  the  recent  railroad  difficul- 
ty was  pustifiable.  The  affirmative 
speaker  was  John  Graham,  the  nega- 
tive, David  Markey.  The  judges  de- 
cided in  favor  of  the  negative.  The 
debate  was  interesting  and  spirited  and 
we  felt  sorry  that  both  sides  could  not 
win.  Vocal  Solo,  "Sing,  Smile,  Slum- 
ber"—Mrs.  Jennie  Via.  The  speaker 
then  delivered  his  retiring  address,  his 
subject  being,  "Struggle  Begets 
Strength." 

We  were  delightfully  entertained 
during  the  social  hour  by  Mr.  P.  H. 
Engle's  '16,  singing  "Mother  Machree" 
and  "Somewhere  a  Voice  is  Calling." 

This  meeting  was  voted  a  success 
by  those  present.  We  are  looking  for- 
ward to  another  interesting  debate  on 
Dec.  15.  The  question  is  another  one 
of  present  day  interest  and  importance. 
Come  and  hear  it. 


Athletic  Notes. 

The  pleasures  of  outdoor  athletics 
are  now  about  at  a  close.  The  cold 
weather  has  caused  most  of  the  stu- 
dents to  keep  themselves  a  large  part 
.of  the  time,  inside.  They  will  much 
miss  the  long  jaunts  which  they  had 
taken  into  the  country  before  the  cold 
weather  had   come.     Thev     are     then 


compelled  to  seek  some  other  means 
by  which  thy  will  be  able  to  dismiss 
the  cares  brought  on  by  long  and  tire- 
some hours  of  study. 

The  chief  game  which  most  of  the 
students  are  engaged  in  is  that  of  Bas- 
ket Ball.  The  ladies  are  given  several 
nights  a  week  for  Basket  Ball  and  the 
gentlemen  the  others.  The  boys  are 
divided  into  groups.  The  student 
boys  as  a  whole  and  the  Seniors  who 
boast  that  they  have  the  best  team  in 
the  school.  It  may  be  said  that  near- 
ly every  boy  has  been  taking  an  active 
part  in  it.  They  seem  to  realize  that 
it  is  a  splendid  way  to  attain  good 
health.  The  boys  in  general  have  had 
some  splendid  games  which  were  en- 
joyed by  all.  They  resulted  in  the  fol- 
lowing scores  26 — 22  and  26 — 20. 

The  Seniors  have  been  training  for 
the  last  several  weeks  as  they  wish  to 
make  a  fine  reccord  during  the  coming 
season.  They  have  been  practicing 
chiefly  on  passing  and  the  various  sig- 
nals. They  used  one  hour  each  Mon- 
day night  for  two  weeks  previous  to 
Friday  night,  November  10th,  when 
the  game  was  played.  Captain  Eber- 
sole's  men  passed  the  ball  at  will  and 
took  things  easy  throughout. 

Final  score:  Seniors,  27;  Juniors,  13. 
Referee,  Zug.  Timer,  Schwenk.  Scor- 
er, Kreider.     Time  of  halves,  20  min. 

The  ladies  have  been  making  great 
improvement  in  playing.  They  are 
under  the  instruction  of  their  Physic- 
al Director  and  we  hope  to  be  able  by 
the  next  issue  to  publish  some  of  their 
games. 


The  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
Elizabethtown  College  was  celebrat- 
ed Nov.  13.  The  following  alumni 
took  important  parts  on  the  program : 
Miss  Mary  Hershey,  '15,  from  Lititz, 
as  reciter  and  Mr.  Walter  Eshelman, 
'12,  from  Juniata  College,  as  orator. 

The  following  of  our  alumni  have 
visited  the  College  since  our  last  is- 
sue: Mr.  C.  L.  Martin,  '12,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  Mr.  Lester  Myer,  '16,  of 
Brownstown,  Pa.,  and  Mr.  Paul  H. 
Engle,  '16,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Miss  Ryntha  Shelley,  '15,  will  enter 
Juniata  College  the  coming  winter 
term. 

Mr.  L.  D.  Rose,  '11,  of  Windber.  Pa., 
is  serving  his  second  term  as  principal 
of  the  schools  at  Eureka  No.  37,  Cam- 
bria county.  The  following  is  quoted 
from  "The  Daily  Tribune"  published 
at   Johnstown  : 

MIXE  37,  Nov.  3.— Two  first-aid 
crews  from  the  local  school  are  at- 
tracting considerable;  attention  from 
experts  in  this  work.  The  youngsters 
under  the  tutelage  of  L.  D.  Rose,  the 
teacher  at  the  school  and  an  American 
Red  Cross  First-Aid  man,  have  rapid- 
ly become  proficient  in  the  work  and 
are  familiar  with  the  problems  used 
in  first-aid  contests  throughout  the 
district.     At   present   the   children   are 


working  on  the  problems  used  in  the 
recent  contest  at  Cresson.  It  is  prob- 
able the  children  will  give  a  public 
exhibition  of  their  skill  in  the  near  fu- 
ture. 

The  two  teams  have  been  under 
training  for  several  months.  They 
will  compose  the  school's  first-aid 
squad  until  the  end  of  this  year,  when 
two  other  teams  will  be  selected.  When 
these  have  successfully  negotiated 
their  "exams"  other  teams  will  be 
drilled.  In  this  way  it  is  believed  that 
every  one  of  the  pupils  at  Mine  37 
school  in  time  will  be  able  to  render 
first  aid." 

Galen  Herr  is  a  newly  arrived  visit- 
or at  the  home  of  J.  Z.  Herr,  '05.  We 
will  hear  from  him  later. 

I.  E.  Oberholtzer  and  wife  are  now 
in  the  Xorth  China  Language  School 
at  Peking,  the  same  school  in  which 
Bessie  Rider  is  now  studying  the 
Chinese  language.  She  says  in  a  let- 
ter to  a  friend,  "To-day  (Oct.  14)  Mr. 
Oberholtzer  received  his  first  letter 
from  Elizabethtown  written  by  his 
mother  and  sister  Martha.  As  his 
wife  read  the  letter  to  me  I  found  that 
most  of  what  was  written  was  of  com- 
mon interest  since  we  are  from  the 
same  town." 


-./lA^M^  J  l«.«*»/v^/i --W./'wk  .^....  J!  J*^ 


We  are  pleased  to  notice  so  many 
new  school  papers  appearing  on  the 
magazine  rack.  Indeed,  they  have 
flooded  that  department  of  the  library, 
but  we  give  you  a  hearty  welcome  and 
a  pleasant,  "call  again."  The  students 
are  taking  advantage  of  this  privilege 
of  learning  about  the  life  of  other 
schools,  and  most  of  the  papers  are  a 
true  mirror  of  the  school  which  they 
represent. 

But  now  we  come  to  the  work  of  the 
department  again.  We  all  know  that 
it  is  not  very  pleasant  to  tell  a  person 
of  his  faults.  It  takes  our  best  friends 
to  do  this  kind  of  work.  A  great  writ- 
er once  said  "that  it  matters  not  so 
much  what  we  say  but  how  we  say 
it,"  and  is  it  not  very  true?  Some 
people  have  such  an  awkward,  ironical 
and  sarcastic  way  of  saying  a  thing. 
Then  again,  there  are  some  people 
who  can  use,  shall  we  say,  "friendly 
tactics"  in  stating  the  same  thing. 
Can  we  editors  show  some  "exchange 
tactics?"  Here  in  this  department  is 
our  opportunity  to  develop  this  skill. 
You  can  read  many  of  the  character- 
istics of  an  editor  in  his  editorial. 


"The  College  VCampus"  is  a  very- 
good  paper.  However  we -believe  that 
a  heavier  literary  department  would 
balance  your  paper  better.  The  other 
contents  picture  the  life  of  the  school 
well. 

'"The  Spectrum"  has  a  strong  liter- 
ary department  perhaps  rather  poet- 
ical. 

"The  Goshen  College  Record"  is  a 
strong  paper,  Call  Again ! 

"The  McColpa"  seems  to  come  from 
a  wide  awake  editorial  staff.  The  No- 
vember cover  design  is  very  appropri- 
ate. 

"The  Mirror."  Your  cover  design 
is  neat  and  attractive.  The  quality  of 
paper  used  is  no  low  grade  paper.  Your 
journal  would  be  greatly  improved  by 
strengthening  your  literary  depart- 
ment. 

Few  papers  have  too  strong  a  liter- 
ary department.  Many  fly  off  at  a 
tangent  in  the  athletic  field.  Others 
allow  the  "jokes"  to  strangle  the  real 
doings  of  the  school.  If  we  can  strike 
the  happy  medium  in  the  proportion  of 
contents  we  shall  have  a  better  paper. 

As  this  goes  to  press  we  notice  some 
thirty  different  schools  represented. 


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Ring  out.  wild  bells,  to  the  wild  sky, 
The  flying  cloud,  the  frosty  light ; 
The  year  is  dying  in  the  night ; 

Ring  out,  wild  bells,  and  let  him  die. 

Ring  out  the  old,  ring  in  the  new, 

Ring,  happy  bells,  across  the  snow: 
The  year  is  going,  let  him  go ; ; 
Ring  out  the  false,  ring  in  the  true. 

Ring  out  the  grief  that  saps  the  mind, 
For  those  that  here  we  see  no  more ; 
Ring  out  the  fend  of  rich  and  poor, 
Ring  in  redress  to  all  mankind. 

Ring  out  a  slowly  dying  cause, 

And  ancient  forms  of  party  strife ; 
Ring  in  the  nobler  modes  of  life, 

With  sweeter  manners,  purer  laws. 

Ring  out  the  want,  the  care,  the  sin, 
The  faithless  coldness  of  the  times ; 
Ring  out,  ring  out  my  mournful  rhymes, 

But  ring  the  fuller  minstrel  in. 

Ring  out  false  pride  in  place  and  blood, 
The  civic  slander  and  the  spite ; 
Ring  in  the  love  of  truth  and  right, 

Ring  in  the  common  love  of  good. 

Ring  out  old  shapes  of  foul  disease; 

Ring  out  the  narrowing  lust  of  gold ; 

Ring  out  the  thousand  wars  of  old, 
Ring  in  the  thousand  years  of  peace.  . 

Ring  in  the  valient  men  and  free. 

The  larger  heart,   the  kindlier  hand  ; 
Ring  out  the  darkness  of  the  land, 

Rins:  in  the  Christ  that  is  to  be. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


An  Experience  In  Maine 


Charles  Abele 


It  became  necessary  one  morning  to 
take  a  long  walk  through  the  unbrok- 
en pine  forest  of  northern  Maine.  Al- 
though it  was  customary  for  me  to 
travel  with  another  of  my  party,  this 
morning  all  the  others  were  left  be- 
hind to  help  move  camp.  Also  a  re- 
volver which  I  usually  carried  was  left 
behind  because  of  its  weight.  Abun- 
dant game  was  known  to  be  in  this 
area,  as  this  was  the  mating  season, 
but  one  so  seldom  sees  the  larger 
animals,  that  when  interested  in  other 
matters  he  soon  ceases  to  think  about 
them  and  is  indifferent  to  carrying 
firearms. 

The  incidents  of  the  morning  open- 
ed with  the  appearance  of  a  cow  moose 
silhouetted  against  the  sky,  on  a  low 
ridge  about  fifty  yards  ahead  of  me. 
Standing  in  a  mule-like  attitude,  she 
regarded  me  calmly  while  I  approach- 
ed a  few  steps,  and  then  moved  off  and 
disappeared  in  the  forest.  With  re- 
gret of  having  neither  camera  nor  gun, 
I  proceeded  on  my  course,  and  soon 
forgot  the  incident. 

A  half  hour  later,  when  crowding 
through  an  alder  thicket  in  the  midst 
of  a  fairly  open  spruce  woods,  I  was 
brought  to  a  sudden  standstill  by  a 
blood-curdling  yell,  accompanied  by 
an  ominous  crackling  of  the  brushes, 
directly  in  front  of  me.  Thoughts  of 
a  man  in  agony,  of  wild  cats,  and  what 
not  flashed  through  my  mind.  Forced 
by    sheer    fright    and    nervousness    to 


move  somewhere,  I  walked  forward  a 
few  steps  to  learn  the  cause  of  the  com- 
motion, and  came  face  to  face  with  a 
bull  moose  standing  with  head  down, 
facing  me.     My  first  thought  was  that 
I  was  alone,  unarmed,  and  within  strik- 
ing distance  of  an  animal  which  would 
not  give  ground  for  man  or  beast  dur- 
ing the  mating  season.     If  he  wanted 
to  be  ugly  he  knew  how.     I  soon  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  safest  place 
was  up  on  a  tree.     And  in  still  shorter 
time  I  was  scrambling  as  rapidly  up  a 
spruce  tree  as  my  heavy  boots,  duffle 
bag,  and  inaptitude  for  climbing  allow- 
ed.    On    a    comfortable    perch    in    the 
branches  my  wild  panic  gave  away  to 
a  sense  of  the  ridiculous,  and  I  enjoy- 
ed  it   all   the   more,  perhaps,   because 
certain   friends  had  not  been  privileg- 
ed to  witness  the  incident.     Some  time 
previous  I  had  heard  the  various  calls 
of  the  moose  imitated  and  I  endeavored 
to   distinguish   which   of  the  calls   the 
present  moose  was  giving.     I  decided 
it  was  either  the  challenge  or  the  war- 
cry,  but  let  no  one  assume  that  if  the 
call  had  been  a  love-call  I  would  have 
climbed  down   from   my     perch.     The 
moose      withdrew      rapidly      into    the 
brushes   giving   a    call    now   and   then 
which    enabled   me   to   judge    the    dis- 
tance.    When  he  last  called  I  judged 
him   to  be  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
away,  about  far  enough  to  warrant  my 
slipping  to  the  ground.     Slipping  down 
and  shaking  the  bark  from  my  clothes, 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


I  resumed  the  tramp. 

Perhaps  a  half  mile  from  the  scene 
of  my  exploit  the  course  ran  over  a 
low,  wooded  spruce  knoll  in  the  open 
spruce  swamp.  In  the  midst  of  it  a 
peculiar  noise  began  to  reach  me,  at 
first  being  felt  as  much  as  heard.  Then 
several  indescribable  calls,  neither 
coughs,  barks  nor  snorts  but  having 
a  resemblance  to  all,  came  sharp  and 
clear.  As  the  sounds  were  repeated 
and  came  rapidly  closer  to  me,  the  feel- 
ing developed  that  they  belonged  to 
something  wild,  and  this  feeling  be- 
came an  awful  conviction  when  I 
found  another  bull  moose  suddenly 
looming  up.  walking  rapidly  toward 
me  and  giving  an  interrogatory  chal- 
lenge. The  call  was  so  different  from 
that  of  the  previous  moose,  and  the 
idea  of  meeting  three  moose  that  morn- 
ing seemed  improbable  to  me.  But 
there  was  no  time  for  analyzing  im- 
probabilities. The  moose  was  giving 
his  attention  entirely  to  me,  and  fur- 
thermore, while  not  charging,  was 
moving  rapidly  my  way,  and  might 
easily  break  into  a  charge  if  he  con- 
sidered it  worth  while.  Again  I  scram- 
bled up  the  nearest  tree.  By  this  time 
the  situation  had  begun  to  work  upon 
my  nerves.  There  were  too  many 
moose,  and  this  one  was  close  at  hand 
and  meant  business.  To  add  to  my 
discomfort  I  soon  realized  I  had  shown 
very  poor  judgment  in  the  selection  of 
my  tree,  for  there  were  no  branches  of 
sufficient  size  to  hold  my  weignt,  and 
my  cramped  muscles  warned  me  that 
I  could  not  hang  to  the  loose  bark  of 
the  tree  very  long.  The  moose  came 
up  to  within  about  fifteen  steps  of 
the  tree,  and  stood  there  and  moving 
his  head  slowly  tried  to  find  out  what 


kind  of  an  animal  he  had  treed. 
Whether  the  moose  or  the  black  pit 
below  awaited  me,  it  was  physically 
impossible  for  me  to  stay  on  the  tree 
any  longer.  Noting  a  tree  with  large 
branches  a  few  yards  away,  I  came 
clattering  down,  turned  my  back  to 
the  moose,  made  several  wild  bounds, 
and  on  my  last  went  fully  half  the 
length  of  my  body  up  the  tree.  Then 
came  a  wild  scramble  for  a  place  of 
safety  compared  to  which  the  former 
climbs  were  affairs  of  leisure.  With 
every  inch  I  gained  the  moose,  in  im- 
agination, came  a  yard  behind  me.  At 
last  the  limbs  were  reached,  I  turned 
to  view  the  situation,  only  to.  find  the 
old  fellow  standing  in  the  same  spot, 
looking  fixedly  at  me  with  what  I  im- 
agined to  be  an  expression  of  amaze- 
ment at  my  antics.  After  a  period  of 
three  minutes  he  withdrew  into  the 
bushes.  I  heard  nothing  further  of 
him,  and  concluded  he  had  left  the 
field  to  me.  Slipping  quietly  down 
and  peering  from  side  to  side,  I  tiptoed 
along  the  line  of  trees,  starting  at  the 
slightest  sound  and  measuring  dist- 
ances to  the  nearest  trees.  After  pro- 
ceeding thirty  or  forty  steps  I  became 
reassured  that  the  moose  had  gone, 
when  the  sudden,  sharp  thud  of  heavy 
hoofs  close -by  me  put  the  finishing 
touches  on  my  nerves,  and  drovve  me 
up  a  tree.  The  moose  had  withdrawn 
into  the  bushes  a  few  steps  and  was 
standing  there  quietly  and  as  I  was 
stealing  away  he  was  doubtless  as 
startled  as  I  when  he  found  me  so 
close.  So  close  was  the  animal,  so 
terrifying  his  start,  so  addicted  had  I 
become  to  climbing  trees,  that  this  as- 
cent was  almost  a  matter  of  reflex  ac- 
tion.    To  be  driven  up  four  trees  was 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


no  longer  funny.  In  desperation  I 
slid  down,  turned  my  back  on  the 
moose,  and  walked  rapidly  away. 

From  this  time  the  object  of  my 
tramp  was  a  subordinate  matter.  My 
sole  concern  was  to  make  camp,  listen 
for  crackling"  bushes,  and  to  judge  the 
distance  between  "g'ood  trees."  It 
took  no  great  stretch  of  imagination  to 
hear  animals  on  all  sides.  I  had  come 
into  more  underbrush,  when  once  more 
there  seemed  to  be  a  noise  in  the  brush- 


es and  listening  there  came  clear  and 
distinct  the  snapping  of  twigs,  evident- 
ly by  an  animal  of  considerable  size. 
All  hape  departed,  there  being  no  trees 
within  fifty  yards.  In  a  fright,  I 
walked  rapidly  forward,  whistling  and 
singing  in  an  attempt  to  make  myself 
sound  like  several  men,  when  from  the 
brushes  in  front  of  me  came  a  loud 
"hello."  I  had  met  our  packers  mov- 
ing camp. 


The  Lancaster  County  Poet 


Lancaster  county  is  justly  proud  of 
her  material  wealth,  her  educational 
advantages,  and  her  general  progres- 
sive spirit.  There  is  however  one  re- 
spect in  which  we  as  a  county  do  not 
sufficiently  exercise  our  pride — name- 
ly, in  our  literary  achievements.  Few 
of  us  know  that  in  the  present  time  we 
have  in  our  midst  a  living  poet  of  no 
little  worth  and  accomplishment.  He 
has  chosen  for  his  mode  of  expression 
the  most  beautiful  and  at  the  same  time 
the  most  difficult  of  all  forms  of  poetry, 
the  sonnet.  It  is  by  no  means  an  easy 
task  to  write  a  sonnet.  Many  who 
have  attempted  to  do  so  have  com- 
pletely failed  but  Lloyd  Mifflin,  the 
Lancaster  County  poet,  has  proved 
himself  a  master  of  this  most  beauti- 
ful form  of  poetry.  This  fact  gives  us 
the  more  reason  to  be  proud  of  him  as 
our  poet.  Prof.  A.  S.  Mackenzie  of 
Kentucky  State  College  has  said 
"Lloyd  Mifflin,  in  my  opinion  is  the 
greatest  poet  of  America,  past  or  pres- 
ent.    -     -     -     The    sad    part     of   it    is 


that  a  man  has  to  die  to  become  fa- 
mous." This  is  an  excellent  and  well 
deserved  tribute  in  his  honor.  It 
seems  almost  true,  too,  that  a  man 
must  die  to  become  famous.  Mr.  Mif- 
flin has  been  with  us  for  man}-  years, 
yet  there  are  comparatively  few  who 
know  anything  of  the  man  and  many 
less  who  know  anything  about  his 
poetry  and  appreciate  it.  It  has  been 
said  "a  prophet  is  not  without  honor 
save  in  his  own  country."  Consider- 
ing the  few  in  Lancaster  County  who 
know  the  poet  of  our  county,  it  seems 
that  a  poet  likewise  is  without  honor 
in  his  own  country.  There  is  no 
reason  why  this  should  be  true.  Why 
should  we  not  read  and  appreciate  his 
poetry  while  he  lives  so  that  he  may 
enjoy  the  good  things  which  as  a  rule 
we  leave  unsaid  until  a  man  leaves  us? 
In  order  that  we  may  become  better 
acquainted  with  the  living  noet  whom 
all  Pennsvlvania  especially  should 
hold  in  high  esteem  as  a  master,  let  us 
briefly  consider  the  man  and  his  poet- 
ry. 


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Lloyd  Mifflin  was  born  September 
15,  1846  in  a  large  old  house  on  the 
corner  of  Second  and  Walnut  street  in 
Columbia,  Pa.  As  a  boy  he  had  for 
his  environment  the  picturesque  banks 
of  the  Susquehanna  River  which  all 
the  year  round  at  any  time  of  day  and 
especially  at  sunset  offers  magnificent 
views  of  nature.  Every  spot  along 
the  Susquehanna  River  in  the  vicinity 
of  Columbia  presents  an  environment 
that  is  most  conducive  to  stirring  the 
emotions  and  stimulating  the  imagi- 
nation. St.  Andrew's  University  Press 
of  England,  says  "Lloyd  Mifflin  is  a 
poet  born,  not  made."  This,  without 
doubt,  is  true  but  it  was  truly  the  good 
fortune  of  a  man  thus  gifted  to  be  born 
and  reared  in  an  environment  so  in- 
spiring to  poet  and  painter. 

His  father  was  John  Houston  Mif- 
flin, a  painter  and  poet.  He  devoted 
his  time  chiefly  to  painting  but  he 
wrote  a  small  quantity  of  poetry.  He 
was  however  an  arden  lover  of  poet- 
ry. He  had  studied  art  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Academv  of  the  Fine  Arts  in 
Philadelphia,  also  abroad  in  Rome, 
Paris  and  other  cities.  The  Mifflin 
family  is  of  English  descent  and  is  one 
of  the  oldest  families  in  Pennsylvania. 
John  Mifflin,  the  first  of  the  Mifflin 
family  to  come  to  America,  came  from 
Worminster,  Wiltshire,  England  about 
the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century 
and  settled  near  Philadelphia  in  Wil- 
liam Penn's  territory.  They  later 
moved  to  the  Susquehanna  and  took 
up  an  estate  on  which  part  of  Colum- 
bia is  now  built.  They  were  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends.  They  have 
given  us  besides  the  poet,  Lloyd  Mif- 
flin and  the  artist,  John  Houston  Mif- 
flin,   a    Governor   of   Pennsylvania,     a 


Quaker  Philanthropist  and  other  men 
of  eminence.  The  ancestry  of  Mr. 
Mifflin  is  one  of  which  he  may  be 
proud,  for  it  has  without  a  doubt  hand- 
ed down  to  him  a  great  heritage  of 
genius. 

Since  John  Houston  Mifflin  was 
both  artist  and  poet,  it  was  quite  nat- 
ural for  the  boy  to  find  himself  inclin- 
ed to  the  same  arts.  His  early  edu- 
cation began  in  his  father's  studio  and 
was  accordingly  directed  along  the 
line  of  painting  and  poetry.  He  was 
educated  by  tutors  and  in  the  Wash- 
ington Classical  Institute.  After  he 
had  completed  his  Classical  course,  he 
studied  painting  in  his  father's  studio 
during  1868  and  1869.  He  "then  went 
to  Germany  and  studied  under  Her- 
mann Herzog.  In  1871  and  1872  he 
studied  in  Italy.  His  education  was 
very  thorough  and  complete  for  the 
time  in  which  he,  as  a  youth,  lived. 

After  his  return  from  Europe  he  ex- 
hibited a  number  of  his  paintings  here 
in  America.  He  always  devoted  some 
time  to  writing  poetry  besides  paint- 
ing. His  purpose  was  to  continue 
both  arts.  His  health  however  would 
not  admit  this,  since  the  sonnet  in  it- 
self demands  most  exacting  care,  due 
to  the  difficulty  in  writing  a  good  son- 
net and  since  painting  likewise  is  very 
exacting  in  its  demands.  He  finally 
chose  poetry  as  the  one  art  to  which 
he  should  devote  the  most  of  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  At  no  time  how- 
ever did  he  wholly  give  up  painting 
but  engaged  in  it  in  his  leisure  mo- 
ments as  a  matter  of  recreation. 

At  present  he  with  his  brother.  Dr. 
Mifflin,  lives  in  their  beautiful  home, 
"Norwood,"  which  is  just  beyond  the 
eastern   borough   limits  of     Columbia. 


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The  house  is  situated  a  little  distance 
from  the  pike  among  a  large  num- 
ber of  tall,  stately  trees — along  a  hill- 
side. The  home  is  one  of  quiet  seclu- 
sion— just  the  sort  of  place  where  one 
would  expect  the  poet  to  live. 

He  is  an  unmarried  man  and  is  just 
a  few  months  past  seventy  years  of 
age.  His  health  is  fast  failing.  Last 
spring  he  had  a  stroke  which  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  second  in  October.  For 
several  hours  after  the  last  stroke  he 
was  unconscious  and  for  some  time 
the  hope  for  his  recovery  was  small. 
We  are  however  very  glad  to  learn 
that  he  has  again  regained  his  health 
sufficiently  to  resume  the  work  on 
reading  the  proof  of  what  he  regards 
as  his  last  book,  entitled  "As  Twilight 
Falls." 

In  all  he  has  written  about  six  hun- 
dred sonnets  besides  a  number  of 
beautiful  lyrics  and  other  poems.  Mr. 
Mifflin's  first  book  was  published  in 
1896  when  he  was  fifty  years  old.  He 
has  a  keen  sense  of  modesty  which 
no  doubt  is  the  cause  for  his  hesitating 
thus  long  before  he  would  permit  the 
publication  of  his  first  collection, 
"The  Hills."  This  book  was  followed 
the  next  year  by  his  second  book,  "At 
the  Gates  of  Song."  He  published, 
thereafter,  "Birthdays  of  Distinguished 
18th  Century  Americans"  and  "An 
Ode  on  Memorial  Day"  in  1897;  "The 
Slopes  of  the  Helicon  and  Other 
Poems"  in  1898;  "Echoes  of  Greek 
Idyls"  in  1899;  "The  Fields  of  Dawn 
and  Later  Sonnets"  in  1900;  "Ode  on 
the  Semi-Centennial  of  Franklin  and 
Marshall  College"  and  "Castilian 
Days,"  a  collection  of  fifty  sonnets  in 
1903 ;  "The  Fleeing  Nymph  and  Other 
Verse"  and     "Collected     Sonnets     of 


Lloyd  Mifflin"  in  1905;  "My  Lady  of 
Dream"  in  1906;  "Toward  the  Up- 
lands" in  1908;  and  "Flower  and 
Thorn,"  his  last  publication  thus  far,  in 
1909.  He  is  now  reading  the  proof  of 
his  last  book  which  is  to  be  entitled"As 
Twilight   Falls." 

In  recognition  of  his  work  and 
skill  as  a  poet,  Franklin  and  Marshall 
College  in  1903  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Letters.  In  1908 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  hon- 
ored him  with  a  similar  degree. 

It  is  of  interest  to  know  the  further 
recognition  accorded  him  by  various 
presses  of  England  and  the  United 
States  from  which  I  shall  quote  a  few 
extracts.  The  Westminster  Review  of 
England  says,  "Mr.  Llody  Mifflin's 
sonnets  exceed  in  number  the  Rime  of 
Petrarch  and  cover  a  wider  field  of 
thought,  experience  and  imagination. 
-  -  -  He  has  rare  faculty  of  pic- 
torial representation.  He  must  be 
numbered  among  those  true  helpers  of 
their   kind." 

The  St.  Andrew's  University  press 
commend  him  in  the  following:  "He 
shows  himself  possessed  of  a  genuine 
poetic  power.  -  -  -  We  cannot 
withold  our  admiration  from  a  col- 
lection of  sonnets  which  have  a  charm 
and  beauty  about  them  giving  evi- 
dence of  the  work  of  a  poet  of  remark- 
able poetic  genius." 

The  London  Express  speaks  of  his 
collection  of  sonnets  as  follows :  "They 
reveal  a  high  culture,  are  full  of 
haunting  music  and  delicate  imag- 
ery." 

The  British  Friend  it  seems  to  me 
pays  the  highest  tribute  when  it  says 
of  the  same  collection  of  sonnets, 
"There   are   sonnets   in   this   collection 


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that  for  fine  phrasing  and  distinction 
of  style  and  thought  will  bear  com- 
parison with  Matthew  Arnold  and 
even  with  Wordsworth." 

I  shall  give  but  a  few  extracts  from 
the  American  press  merely  for  lack  of 
space.  The  San  Francisco  Chronicle 
in  speaking  of  his  collection  of  sonnets 
published  in  1905  says,  "Mr.  Mifflin 
has  long  been  recognized  as  a  master 
of  the  difficult  sonnet  form  and  in  this 
book  he  can  lay  claim  to  complete  com- 
mand of  the  measure." 

The  Detroit  Free  Press  speaks  of 
him  thus :  "Mr.  Lloyd  Mifflin  is  high- 
ly esteemed  by  lovers,  of  modern  Eng- 
lish poetry.  His  verse  is  always  grace- 
ful and  without  being  at  all  labored, 
suggests  that  the  writer  has  had  an 
adequate  training  in  a  delicate  and 
difficult  art.  His  appeal  is  to  the  cul- 
tured and  refined  mind,  and  to  the  ear 
trained  to  subtle  harmonies  in  words." 

The  Chicago  Tribune  says.  "  The 
character  of  his  work  is  high,  his  love 
for  beauty  is  sincere,  his  taste  fault- 
less, and  his  scrutiny  of  his  workman- 
ship severe."  "For  this  poet  the  son- 
net is  a  mirror,  capable  of  reflecting 
the  earth  and  the  fulness  thereof." 

The  above  are  but  a  few  of  the  many 
press  comments  upon  the  work  of  Mr. 
Mifflin.  They  have  been  chosen  as 
types  of  criticism  which  set  forth 
some  of  the  important  characteristics 
of  his  poetry  and  which  at  the  same 
time  give  us  an  opinion  of  the  regard 
in  which  he  has  been  held  by  the  Eng- 
lish and  American  press  who  have  cri- 
tically examined  his  poetry. 

His  poetry  possesses  a  genuine 
grace  and  beauty  which  do  not  fail  to 
appeal  to  the  reader.  In  a  careful 
criticism   of  his   poems  one   will   find 


that  his  diction  is  splendid.  It  would 
seem  that  he  has  chosen  his  words  as 
carefully  and  thoughtfully  as  the  paint- 
er chooses  his  pigment  to  gain  the 
proper  shade  in  order  that  the  expres- 
sion may  be  accurate.  In  one  sonnet 
he  speaks  of  the  "dim  sad  sister  of  the 
Dawn"  when  he  refers  to  Twilight. 
Each  word  in  this  case  is  like  so  much, 
pigment  used  to  bring  out  the  desired 
effect. 

His  figures  of  speech  are  beautifully 
selected  in  each  instance.     Allow  me 
to  quote  but  two  examples.  One  reads 
"And    Slopes    are   tawny    with    tented 
corn."     Again  he  writes,  , 
"Then   vestal    Evening,    on    her   purp- 
led steep, 
Swings   the   gold   crescent   as   a   thur- 
ible." 
His  poems  are  teeming  with  striking 
figures  like  the  above. 

As  has  already  been  observed  in*  the 
illustrations  cited,  his  pictures  paint- 
ed with  words  are  very  vivid.  In  one 
instances  he  writes,  "The  sleeping  hen 
folds  her  soft  flock  beneath  her  bulging 
wings."  Such  pictures  at  this  and 
the  above  quotations  in  which  he 
speaks  of  the  "tented  corn"  are  mas- 
ter strokes  of  the  master  artist. 

I  might  dwell  at  length  on  any  of 
the  above  points,  or  on  the  music 
found  in  his  poems,  on  the  rhyme 
scheme  which  he  follows  and  other 
points  but  that  is  not  the  purpose  of 
this  article.  That  the  reader  may  get 
a  better  glimpse  of  Mr.  Mifflin's  abili- 
ty in  pictorial  effect,  and,  an  idea  of 
the  mastery  which  he  has  over  the  son- 
net in  portraying  a  common  theme  in 
an  uncommon  way,  permit  me  to  give 
his  sonnet  entitled,  "A  Literal  Study  in 
November." 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Maize  is  cut. — some  fodder  tight- 
ly   pressed 

Close  to  the  barn  to  ward  the  com- 
ing' cold ; 

And  through  the  slats  the  corn-crib 
shows  its  gold ; 

The  log-made  cottage  seems  a  tiny 
nest 
Hid    under   vines.     The    emptied    gar- 
den, dressed 

For   freezing   days,    reveals    its    um- 
bered   mound 

Where  celery,  bleaching,  greens  the 
wintry    ground 

That  earns  at  last,  the  sweet  recur- 
rent rest. 
Hay  fills   the   leaning  she':    below  the 
eaves ; 

A   bulging   board    upon      the      gabel 
shows 

The  very  comb  crammed  full  of  yel- 
low sheaves ; 
And    underneath    the    bare    November 
boughs 

An    old    man.    fumbling      'mid      the 


maple  leaves. 

Gathers  encrimsoned  bedding  for 
the  cows. 

Mr.  Mifflin  is  a  nature  poet  but  his 
themes  vary  widely.  To  give  an  idea 
of  the  variety  of  themes  he  uses,  some 
of  his  sonnets  are  entitled.  In  Thessaly, 
Shakespeare,  Waiting,  Beauty,  The 
Pang  of  Art,  and  On  the  Porch  Before 
Daybreak. 

This  article  has  not  attempted  an 
exhaustive  history  of  his  life  nor  a 
comprehensive  criticism  of  his  works 
but  has  aimed  to  call  attention  to  mere- 
ly a  few  interesting  facts  which  make 
us  better  acquainted  with  Lloyd  Mif- 
flin and  awaken  an  appreciation  for 
his  poetry.  We  should  be  proud  of 
the  fact  that  Lancaster  County  has  a 
living  poet  of  such  renown.  Shall  we 
not  let  him  know  our  appreciation  so 
that  he  may  enjoy  the  good  things  we 
have  to  say  about  his  poetry  while  he 
is  among  us  as  a  citizen  of  our  fair 
county?  — L.  W.  Leiter,  A.  B. 


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Looking  On  the  Bright  Side. 
"Every  man  we  meet  looks  as  if  he'd 
gone  out  to  borrow  trouble,  with  plen- 
ty of  it  on  hand,"  said  a  French  lady 
on  arriving  in  New  York.  Is.it  true? 
Are  we  Americans  always  downcast, 
sad,  going  around  borrowing  trouble? 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


It  is  often  said  that  we  take  life  too 
seriously.  One  of  our  girls  who  is  of 
a  bright  cheerful  disposition  often  asks 
those  about  her  who  forget  to  smile, 
"Aren't  you  glad  you  are  living?"  She 
evidently  judges  from  the  countenance 
that  the  person  addressed  is  not   . 

Looking  on  the  bright  side  becomes 
a  habit  if  constantly  practiced.  How- 
ever, it  is  so  much  a  human  trait  to 
expect  the  worst  that  we  forget  to  do 
so.  What  a  blessing  if  all  the  things 
which  have  a  tendency  to  make  us 
downcast,  doleful,  or  gloomy  were  ex- 
cluded from  our  bright,  beautiful 
world.  Perhaps,  after  all  there  really 
are  very  few  of  that  sort  of  things 
here.  Perhaps  it  is  only  our  attitude 
toward  things  that  gives  them  somber 
coloring.  If  that  be  true,  it  is  our 
duty  to  get  the  right  perspective  and 
if,  always  looking  for  the  silver  lin- 
ing to  our  clouds  makes  us  see  things 
in  bright  colors,  why  not  look  on  the 
bright   side? 

This  habit  of  looking  on  the  bright 
side  is  not  fixed  in  a  moment.  We 
must  continually  see  the  brightness  in 
everything  about  us.  We  must  arise 
in  the  morning  with  a  determination 
to  make  no  gloom  and  to  see  none.  A 
single  bitter  word  may  cause  pangs  of 
regret  for  an  entire  day,  while  a  smile 
like  a  gleam  of  sunshine,  may  light 
up  the  darkest  and  weariest  hours. 

Cheerfulness  and  contentment  are 
virtues  which  we  all  need  to  cultivate. 
If  we  are  cheerful  and  contented  all 
about  us  seem  to  -smile  with  us.  A 
cheerful  person  carries  sunshine  wher- 
ever he  goes,  a  sunshine  of  pity,  sym- 
pathy, helpfulness  and  love.  But  the 
one  who  sees  only  the  dark  spots  in 
his   sky   has   no  joy   in   his   heart   and 


on  power  to  compel  joy  in  others. 

As  we  go  out   into  a   new  year  let 
us    not    forget    to    look    at    the    bright 
side.     If    there    is    none,    let    us    make 
one.     Let   us    keep   the    sunshine   of   a 
living   faith   in    our  hearts,   dispel   dis- 
couragement     and      dispondancy      by 
smiles    and    songs.     Remember      that 
God's   promises      are   always      shining 
like    stars    in    the    night   to    cheer    and 
strengthen.     Joy  is  a  fLwer  that  flour- 
ishes   under    sunshine    and    not    cloud. 
Life  was  meant  to  be  joyous  and  glad. 
Men  are  not  made  to  hang  down  their 
heads   or   lips.     Therefore,    we    repeat, 
look    on    the   bright    side.     Let   us   re- 
solve   within    ourselves   to   make    1917 
the  hanniest  year  we  have  yet  spent. 
"There  is  man)-  a  rest  in  the  road  of 
life 
If  we  would  only  ston  to  take  it. 
And  many  a  tone  from  the  better  land. 
If  the   querulous  heart   would  wake 
it! 
To  the  sunny  soul  that  is  full  of  hope. 
And  whose  beautiful  trust  ne'er  fail- 
eth 
The    grass   is   green      and    the   flowers 
bright 
Though    the    wintry    storm    prevail- 
ed." 

Elizabethtown  College  Bible  Insti- 
tute. 
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tute of  Elizabethtown  College  opens 
January  12,  IQ17  and  continues  to  Jan- 
uary 19,  inclusive.  This  will  be  an 
eight  day  special  effort  to  bring  pro- 
fitable instruction  and  renewed  inspira- 
tion to  Ministers  of  the  Gospel,  Sun- 
da}-  School  workers,  and  all  others  in- 
terested in  a  better  knowledge  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures. 


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Teachers. 

It  affords  us  unusual  pleasure  to  be 
able  to  announce  that  Elder  W.  K. 
Conner,  pastor  of  the  Harrisburg 
Brethren  Church,  and  an  efficient  evan- 
gelist;  Elder  Walter  .S.  Long,  for  many 
years  pastor  of  the  Altoona  Brethren 
Church  and  a  splendid  Bible  Institute 
Teacher;  and  Elder  F.  H.  Crumpack- 
er,  of  McPherson,  Kansas,  for  seven 
years  a  Missionary  of  the  Brethren 
'Church  in  China,  and  now  on  furlough, 


have  been  secured  for  the  1917  Bible 
Institute  at  Elizabethtown  College. 
Elder  H.  K.  Ober  of  the  College  fac- 
ulty, and  also  chairman  of  the  Gener- 
al Sunday  Sc  hool  Board  of  the  Breth- 
ren Church  ;  and  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlos- 
ser,  at  present  the  Bible  Teacher  at 
Elizabethtown  College  and  a  success- 
ful Evangelist,  will  give  daily  instruc- 
tion during  the  Institute;  and  other 
members  of  the  faculty  will  teach  a 
few  periods. 


SCHOOL    NOTES 


Many  students  spent  Thanksgiving 
vacation  at  their  homes,  but  about  a 
dozen  remained  at  the  school,  where 
they  enjoyed  a  bountiful  Thanksgiving 
feast,  and  a  few  quiet  days.  Those  re- 
maining spent  the  evening  of  Decem- 
ber 3rd,  at  the  home  of  Prof,  and  Mrs. 
Via,  where  they  enjoyed  all  sorts  of 
games. 

Professors  Obpr  and  Schlosser  con- 
ducted a  Bible  Institute  at  Westmins- 
ter, Md.,  during  vacation  between 
terms. 

Winter  term  opened  December  4 
with  an  increase  in  our  enrollment  of 
about  twenty  new  students.  The  dor- 
mitories are  all  full  as  well  as  the  din- 
ing room.  New  students,  we  bid  you 
welcome  to  College  Hill.  We  are  sure 
that  by  this  time  yo  1  are  feeling  at 
home  among  us.  Don't  forget  to  sub- 
scribe to  your  school  paper  and  re- 
member too  that  the  home  folks  like 
to  hear  news  from  the  hill.  To  one 
and  all  we  wish  a  successful  term's 
work  . 

At   our   first   chapel   exercise   of  the 


winter  term  Dr.  Reber  gave  a  word  of 
welcome  to  all  new  students  as  well 
as  the  old  ones.  He  advised  us  to 
make  the  most  of  our  stay  in  this 
school. 

Friday,  December  8,  we  had  a  chapel 
talk  by  Prof.  Meyer  on  "Tuberculosis." 
We  feel  that  this  is  a  subject  on  which 
all  of  us  need  enlightenment.  One 
of  the  students  gave  a  reading,  also 
relating  to  this  plague,  in  which  peo- 
ple were  urged  to  use  the  little  Red 
Cross  Christmas  seMs.  since  these 
funds  are  used  to  fight  the  disease.  A 
program  along  a  similar  line  was  giv- 
en Sunday  evening,  December  10.  Mr. 
Markey  had  charge  of  this  program. 

Miss  Lela  Oellig;,  Messrs.  Bashor 
Oiler  and  Milo  Bohn  of  Waynesboro, 
motored  to  College  Hill  Sunday,  De- 
cember 10.  Needless  to  say  that  their 
friends  were  glad  to  see  them. 

Prof  and  Mrs.  L.  W.  Leiter  and 
small  daughter  Leah,  visited  in  Lititz 
over  Sunday,  December  10th. 

More  surprises  coming! 

Mrs,   Paul  Mohler  and  Miss  Lottie 


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Mohler  of  Ephrata,  Miss  Annabel 
Horst  of  Palmyra,  visited  here  Novem- 
ber 19. 

Recently  one  of  our  editors  had  a 
talk  with  Mr.  A.  Jay  Replogle,  a  form- 
er student.  Mr.  Replogle  is  teaching 
near  Carlisle.  He  is  enjoying  his 
work.  But  we  wonder  just  why  Mr. 
Replogle  finds  the  Cumberland  Valley 
so  interesting. 

The  Seniors  are  more  that  pleased 
with  their  pennants.  The  design  is 
the  work  of  Miss  Kilhefner. 

Mrs.  Solomon  Byers  and  daughter 
Hazel  visited  Miss  Inez  Byers  recent- 

iy. 

Miss  Ruth  Bohn  of  Waynesboro, 
spent  Thanksgiving  with  her  sister 
Myra,  on  Colleg'e  Hill  . 

Miss  Brenisholtz  and  Miss  Bucher 
heard  the  recital  given  in  Harrisburg, 
Friday,  December  8  by  Godowsky,  the 
world  renowned  pianist. 

The  new  chandeliers  placed  in  Mu- 
sic Hall  by  the  Keystone  Literary  So- 
ciety are  giving  splendid  service.  The 
Homerian  Society  also  placed  one  in 
Room  A. 

Miss  S.  to  Mr.  H.— "Mr.'  Hershey, 
don't  yu  think  College  turns  out  the 
best  men?" 

Mr.   H. — "Sure,   I'm   expecting  to  be 
turned  out  soon." 

Rumor  has  it  that  wedding  bells  will 
ring  soon  among  our  alumni.  Get 
busy,  Cupid ! 

If  in  this  paper  you  see  your  name 
Just  smile  and  laugh, — go  on  be  game 
What  if  the  joke  you  do  not  get 
Keep  up  the  work,  you'll  see  it  yet. 

On  November  22  Rev.  Jones  of 
South  Carolina,  visited  on  College  Hill. 


Rev.  Jones  is  interested  in  the  indus- 
trial education  of  the  negro  race.  He 
conducted  our  chapel  exercises  and  af- 
ter that  he  gave  us  a  short  spicy  talk. 

Mr.  Frank  Blair  of  Marion,  Pa., 
visited  here  recently. 

Prof.  Ober  in  Zoology — "How  much 
milk  does  a  sea  cow  give?" 

Miss  Bonebrake  had  received  a  box 
of  "eats"  from  home.  In  this  box  she 
found  some  pork  from  "butchering 
day."  A  day  or  two  after  she  receiv- 
ed the  box  she  called  to  Miss  Reber — 
"Say,  Alice  come  in  here,  I'll  give  you 
something."  Miss  Reber  on  entering 
was  surprised  to  hear  Miss  Bonebrake 
exclaim  "Oh  I  left  my  backbone  get 
mouldy."  Of  course  she  meant  the 
backbone  the  home  folks  had  sent  her. 

We  are  glad  to  have  Prof.  Ober 
with  us  again  after  a  brief  absence. 
He  was  an  instructor  at  the  Bible  In- 
stitute at  Juniata  College,  which  was 
heeld  during  the  first  week  of  Decem- 
ber. 

Prof.  S.  to  Miss  H.— "What  can  you 
say  about  Bacon?" 

Miss  H. — "It's  forty-five  cents  a 
pound." 

Miss  Myer  in  Grammar  class — 
"Speaking  of  man  in  a  general  way, 
man  embraces  woman." 

Prof.  Nye  in  History — "Mr.  Wenger 
when  did  Columbus  make  his  voyoges 
across  the  ocean?" 

Mr.    Wenger— "1892,1894." 

Miss  Hess  in  History — "The  line  of 
de-car-mation  was  established  by  the 
Pope."     She  meant  demarcation. 

Prof.  M.  in  Arithmetic— 'Mr.  Sch- 
wenk,  are  you  a  unit?" 

Mr.  S.— "Yes,  a  single  unit." 


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In  Physiology  Mr.  H.  said  "The 
criminal  (chanial)  bones  arc  dovetailed 
or  sutured. 

Our  physical  director  had  divided 
the  girls  into  several  squads  to  play 
basket  ball.  The  other  day  Miss  Se- 
linda  Mary  Royer  Dohner  was  heard 
to  say  "Hey,  Grace,  whose  squab  are 
you  in?" 

Mr.  Markey — "Hey,  John,  what  do 
you  think.  We  made  automatic  (liq- 
uid)   soap   in   chemistry  to-day. 

Thursday  morning,  December  y, 
Prof.  L.  W.  Leiter  gave  us  a  very  help- 
ful chapel  talk  on  "The  Advantages 
of  a  Boarding  School."  His  main 
points  were,  (i)  that  a  boarding  school 
centralizes  effort;  (2)  that  a  boarding 
school  centralizes  interest.  The  talk 
was  very  much  appreciated  by  the 
students. 

Between  terms  several  of  the  stu- 
dents visited  our  former  fellow  stu- 
dent Harry  D.  Moyer,  at  Mount  Alto. 
They  reported  that  Mr.  Moyer  is  look- 
ing very  much  better  and  that  he  is 
improving.  Here's  hoping  that  very 
soon  he  may  be  entirely  restored  to 
health. 

In  Chemistry  Miss  Withers  was 
heard  to  exclaim,  "Why  I  can't  get 
down  in  this  test  tube." 

The  Chemistry  class  reports  great 
interest  in  their  work.  Recently  they 
made  liquid  soap.  Of  course  they  all 
enjoyed  this.  Later  we  may  tell  you 
of  more  of  their  activities. 

Just  a  few  weeks  until  our  Bible 
Institute.  We  are  waiting  here  to 
shake  hands  with  you  and  bid  you  wel- 
come.    Don't  disappoint  us. 

The  teacher  training  class  conduct- 
ed by  Prof.  Schlosser  is  making  splen- 


did progress.     All  who  are  in  his  class 
manifest  great  interest  in  the  work. 

Miss  Ella  Holsinger  who  was  ill 
with  pneumonia  is  again  back  on  "Col- 
lege Hill." 

A  very  delightful  Christmas  Music- 
al was  given  in  Music  Hall,  Tuesday 
evening,  December  19.  The  main  fea- 
ture of  the  musical  was  a  cantata  en- 
titled "The  King  Cometh."  This  is  a 
sacred  cantata  portraying  in  song  the 
coming  of  our  King  .  The  soloists 
Soprano,  Lydia  Withers;  Alto,  Alice 
Reber;  Tenor,  R.  Elam  Zug;  Bass, 
John  G.  Hershey.  The  soloists  were 
supported  by  a  chorus  of  forty  voices. 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Via  was  the  director.  In 
connection  with  this  a  piano  recital 
was  given  by  the  music  students.  This 
part  of  the  program  was  in  charge  of 
Miss  Lore  Brenisholtz,  the  piano  teach- 
er. Miss  Floy  Good  was  the  accom- 
panist for  the  cantata. 

Miss  Sara  Mover  of  Lansdale,  who 
was  recently  forced  to  leave  school 
because  of  ill  health  is  some  what  bet- 
ter. However,  she  doe  not  expect  to 
return  to  school  before  the  Spring 
term. 

An  interesting  Christmas  program 
Avas  held  at  Newville,  Wednesday,  De- 
cember 20.  Quite  a  few  of  the  college 
students  attended  the  program.  A 
mixed  quartette  from  the  College  sang 
several  selections. 

The  mission  study  class  conducted 
by  Prof.  Schlosser  are  just  about  com- 
pleting their  book  "Christian  Heroism 
in  Heathen  Lands."  After  Christmas 
they  expect  to  study  another  book. 
The  classes  are  large  and  the  interest 
is  good. 

How  do  you  like  the  picture  of  the 


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editorial  staff?  Every  one  of  them  is 
trying-  to  make  the  paper  the  best  pos- 
sible. Don't  they  look  like  a  hard 
working   bunch? 

"Married,  November  25  in  Chicago, 
Lillian  Falkenstein  and  William  A. 
Willoughby.  At  home  in  Yeso,  New 
Mexico."  The  above  interesting  an- 
nouncement was  received  recently  by 
one  of  the  staff  members.  Mrs.  Will- 
oughby was  a  student  at  Elizabeth- 
town  College  for  quite  a  few  years.  At 
one  time  she  was  a  student  teacher. 
She  was  in  the  Sophomore  year  of  her 
College  Course.  She  went  to  Chicago 
last  June.  Of  course  she  did  the  un- 
expected. "Our  College  Times"  ex- 
tends to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willoughby 
their  heartiest  congratulations,  and 
best  wishes  for  a  long  and  happy  mar- 
ried life. 

Miss  Meyer,  who  was  on  the  sick 
list  for  several  days  is  again  on  duty. 

In  spite  of  the  petty  tricks  of  a  few 
Juniors,  the  Senior  class  held  a  very 
enjoyable  social  in  Music  Hall,  Sat- 
urday evening,  December  16.  The 
Hall  had  been  decorated  with  pen- 
nants, crepe  paper  and  plants.  Olive 
and  maroon,  the  class  colors,  formed 
the  scheme  of  decoration.  The  fun  be- 
gan at  7:30.  Mr.  Hershey,  Mr.  Baugh- 
er  and  Miss  Oellig  were  the  victors  i  n 
the  various  contests  of  the  evening. 
"Imposible  pictures"  was  a  contest 
that  was  greatly  enjoyed.  At  a  rea- 
sonable hour  a  choice  luncheon  was 
served.  All  the  Seniors  decided  that 
the  first  social  of  the  class  was  a  de- 
cided success. 

We  were  indeed  glad  to  have  Prof. 
Ober  preach  for  us  on  Sunday,  De- 
cember 17.  He  preached  both  morn- 
ing and  evening;  in  the  morning  at  the 


College  Chapel ;  in  the  evening  in 
town.  We  feel  that  Prof.  Ober  speaks 
straight  from  his  heart.  Therefore  we 
appreciate   his  messages  a  great  deal. 

The  workers  of  the  Newville  Sun- 
day School  enjoyed  a  sled  ride  to  that 
place  on  Sunday  afternoon,  December 
17.  We  believe  that  they  were  able 
to  teach  better  for  having  had  it. 

Mr.  Walter  Eshelman  of  Juniata 
College,  spent  Saturday  and  Sunday, 
December  16  and  17  at  his  home  in 
Elizabethtown. 

Just  a  few  days  until  we  go  to  our 
homes  for  the  Christmas  vacation.  May 
we  all  catch  the  true  spirit  of  Christ- 
mas. 

How  many  New  Year's  resolutions 
did  you  make? 

Sunday,  December  17,  the  students 
enjoyed  a  delicious  chicken  dinner. 

o 

Homerian  Notes 

The  Homerian  Literary  Society  of 
Elizabethtown  College  met  in  Public 
session  on  Recember  15,  1916  in  Mu- 
sic Hall.  The  Roll  Call  by  the  Secre- 
tary,Ruth  Bucher,  was  followed  by 
prayer  in  which  Miss  Oellig,  as  Chap- 
lain, led.  The  Minutes  were  then 
read  and  adopted. 

The  program  proper  was  begun 
with  music,  "Old  Folks  at  Home,"  by 
the  Society,  after  which  Miss  Ruth 
Bucher  gave  an  interesting  interpreta- 
tion of  the  poem,  "Lady  Claire,"  Miss 
Floy  Good  then  gave  a  spirited  piano 
solo. 

An  unusual  and  entertaining  read- 
ing "How  Ruby  Played"  was  given  in 
a  splendid  manner  by  Prof.  H.  A.  Via. 

In  the  debate :  "America  as  an  ex- 
ponent   of    peace    should     not    export 


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arms  to  the  belligerent  nations,"  the 
negative  side  defended  by  Grant  Weav- 
er won  over  the  affirmative  taken  by 
Henry  Hershey. 

The  closing  feature  of  the  program 
was  a  vocal  solo,  "My  Task,"  sung 
by  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlosser  who  enter- 
ed well  into  the  spirit  of  the  selection. 

After  the  critic's  remarks  given  in 
an  original  and  humorous  way  by 
Prof.  Schlosser,  the  Society  was  ad- 
journed. 


Keystone  Society  Notes 
On  Friday  night,  November  17th, 
the  Keystone  Literary  Societ  met  in 
public  session.  At  this  meeting  the 
newly-elected  officers  were  installed  as 
follows  : — President,  A.  C.  Baugher  ; 
Vice  President,  Carl  Smith  ;  Secretary, 
Anna  Ruth  Eshelman ;  Critic,  Prof  H. 
H.  Nye. 

As  an  inaugural  address,  Mr.  A.  C. 
Baugher  gave  a  splendid  talk  on  the 
subject  "Leadership."  The  program 
was  then  rendered  as  follows :  Music, 
"Ah!  I  Have  Sighed  to  Rest  Me," 
Chorus  Class;  Oration— "National 
Morality,"  Paul  Schwenk  ;  Extempor- 
aneous Speech— "Worth  of  Ability  in 
Vocal  Music,"  R.  Elam  Zug;  Piano 
Solo — "Humoreske,"  Florence  Moyer; 
Debate — "Resolved,  That  the  Tele- 
phone is  of  greater  service  in  the  busi- 
ness world  to-day  than  the  automo- 
bile." The  affirmative  speakers  were 
Mr.  Baum  and  Mr.  Long;  the  negative 
speakers  Mr.  Sherman  and  Mr.  Meyer. 
The  judges,  Prof.  Via,  Mrs.  Via,  and 
Mr.  Graham  decided  in  favor  of  the 
negative  side.  The  closing  feature  of 
the  program  was  a  trio  entitled  "Ron- 
do," by  Misses  Moyer,  Eeshelman  and 
Mr.  Engle. 


A   public    meeting  of   the    Keystone 
Literary    Society      was      held      Friday 
night,    November   24.     The    nature    of 
this   program    was    commemorative   of 
Thanksgiving.     The   first    feature    was 
a  Piano  Duet — "Faust  Waltz."  by  Miss 
Brenisholtz  and  Miss  Ruth  Reber.  The 
Recitation — "When  the  Frost  is  on  the 
Pumpkin,"    was    very    well    given    by 
Kathryn   Burkhart.     This  was  follow- 
ed by  an   Essay — "Five  Things  to   Be 
Thankful      For,"   by    Charles     Young. 
The  selection  of  music  entitled  "Little 
Pilgrim  Maids,"  by  the  Ladies  Sextet- 
te was  much  enjoyed.     Following  this 
the  Question,     "Resolved,     That     the 
landing  of  the  Pilgrims  was  a  greater 
event    in    the   Uniteed    Spates    History 
than  the  signing  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,"    was    debated    affirma- 
tively by  Ruth  Reber  and  Bard  Kreid- 
er;   negatively   by   Charles   Abele   and 
Bertha    Landis,    who    substituted    for 
Ada    Eby.     The   judges,    Miss    Meyer, 
Miss  Brennsholtz  and  Prof.  Leiter  de- 
cided in   favor  of  the  affirmative  side. 
"President      Wilson's      Proclamation" 
then  read  by  Violetta  Groff.     The  last 
feature   was   a   selection    of   music,    "I 
Will  Sing  of  the  Mercies  <f  the  Lord," 
by  the  Chorus  Class. 

We  were  glad  to  note  the  interest 
which  the  new  students  showed  by 
their  presence  at  the  program  on  De- 
cember 8th.  We  hope  before  long  to 
be  able  to  consider  them  active  mem- 
bers of  the  Society.  Get  busy  old  and 
new  students!  Help  individually  to 
make  our  Society  wholly  worth  while 
in  its  purpose  and  attainments. 

The  program  rendered  on  this  night 
was  as  follows:  Music — "Sweet  and 
Low,"  Society  ;  Recitation — "Hunch- 
back   Polly,"   Margaret   Oellis:;    Piano 


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Solo— "The  Sailor  Boy's  Dream,"  Ruth 
Reber;  Debate — "Resolved,  That  the 
orator  is  more  influential  than  the 
press."  The  affirmative  speakers  were 
Florence  Moyer  and  Walter  Landis ; 
the  negative  speakers,  Harold  Engle 
and  Florence  Maupin.  The  judges, 
Miss  Meyer,  Miss  Martha  Martin  and 
Mr.  Elam  Zug,  decided  in  favor  of 
the  negative  side.  The  general  de- 
bate which  followed  was  very  interest- 
ing and  invigorating.  A  Piano  Duet — 
"Valse  Venitienne,"  was  given  by 
Misses  Moyer  and  Heistand.  Follow- 
ing this  as  the  closing  feature  of  the 
program  was  a  very  interesting  Liter- 
ary Echo  by  Myra  Bohn  . 

Athletics 

It  is  true  that  every  good  game  of 
Basket  Ball  brings  out  two  principle 
exressions  in  an  individual.  The  first 
which  I  wish  to  speak  of  is  enthusiasm 
Every  good  game,  which  has  been 
played,  has  shown  some  degree  of 
enthusiasm.  If  every  player  is  deep- 
ly interested  in  his  game  and  evidenc- 
es his  enjoyment  in  it  the  spectator 
will  show  his  aopreciation  of  the  game. 
The  enthusiasm  cannot  be  supressed 
for  it  is  an  expression  which  must 
burst  forth  from  every  one.  It  may 
be  possible  for  a  game  to  lack  enthu- 
siasm of  it  is  poorly  managed.  If  this 
be  true  it  is  sure  to  cause  trouble.  En- 
thusiasm never  hurt  anyone  if  there 
be  a  limit  to  it  which  is  the  true  ap- 
preciation of  the  game. 

Again,  we  can  show  the  power  of 
self  control  if  we  are  careful.  It  is 
quite  an  easy  matter  to  become  angry 


and  unbalanced.  Every  person  should 
guard  against  losing  self  control  in  a 
game  far  each  other  person  will  follow 
and  the  game  will  not  be  appreciated. 
It  is  therefore  true  that  enthusiasm  in 
a  game  is  closely  allied  to  self  control. 

The  gentlemen's  Basket  Ball  games 
have  been  greatly  improved  since  the 
coach  has  demanded  more  definite 
work.  Many  new  faces  have  been 
seen  on  the  floor  lately  and  we  are  glad 
of  this  fact.  Our  games  are  very 
closely  contested.  The  one  played  on 
November  24  resulted  in  the  score  of 
23 — 20. 

Hurrah  for  the  Juniors !  They  had 
their  second  clash  with  the  Seniors  on 
Recember  8.  Although  beaten  the 
Seniors  lost  their  own  game.  They 
were  disabled  because  their  men  were 
not  in  condition  to  play,  many  having 
a  severe  cold.  The  Juniors  though 
victorious  in  the  final  minutes  stated 
that  they  did  not  expect  to  wil.  Hard 
luck  Seniors,  get  them  the  next  time. 
The  final  score  was:  Juniors  21;  Sen- 
iors   19.     The   line-up   follows : 

Seniors  Juniors 

H.  Hershey  F        J.  Hershey  (c) 

Ebersole  (c)  F  Taylor 

Graham  C  H.   Wenger 

Landis  G  E.  Wenger 

Markey  G  Long 

Fair  goals:  H.  Hershey  2;  Ebersole 
3,  Graham,  Wenger,  J.  Hershey  4, 
Taylor  4;  Foul  goals:  H.  Hershey, 
Ebersole  3,  Landis  3,  Taylor  3.  Referee 
Weaver.     Time  of  halves,  20  m  inutes. 

Each  have  now  won  a  game  by  the 
scores  of  27—13  and  19 — 21.  You 
may  expect  the  next  one  to  be  a  great 
one  as  each  intends  to  win. 


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Alumni  Notes. 

Messrs.  Lester  Myer  '16  'and  Eph- 
raim  Hertzler  '16  were  visiting  friends 
at  the  College  December  16,  17,  1916. 

Mr.  Walter  Eshelman  'io,  has  come 
home  to  spend  his  vacation  with  his 
parents. 

We  wish  all  our  Alumni  and  friends 
a  Happy  and  Successful  New  Year. 

The  Alumni  Notes  are  very  hard  to 
get.  This  might  be  otherwise  if  all 
our  Alumni  would  give  us  a  few  notes 
concerning  themselves.  They  would 
be  appreciated  not  only  by  the  editor 
but  all  of  the  readers  of  this  depart- 
ment. Please  try  to  see  what  you  can 
do  for  us. 

"Don't  waste  your  time  in  longing 

For  bright  impossible  things; 
Don't  sit  supinely  yearning 

For  the  swiftness  of  angel's  wings ; 
Don't  spurn  to  be  a  rushlight 

Because  you.  are  not  a  star; 
But  brighter  some  bit  of  darkness 

By  shining  just  where  you   are. 
There  is  need  of  the  tiniest  candle, 

As  well  as  the  garnish  sun; 
The  humblest  deed  is  ennobled 

When  it  is  worthily  done; 
You  may  never  be  called  to  brighten 

The   darkened   regions   afar; 
So  fill,  for  the  day,  your  mission 

By  shining  just  where  you  are." 


Exchanges. 

The  exchange   department  editor  is 
pleased  with  the  number  of  exchanges 


that  have  appeared  on  our  exchange 
table.  To  judge  the  papers  as  a  whole, 
the  editor  thinks  that  a  favorable  ver- 
dict is  in  order.  Let  us,  however, 
drop  a  suggestion  here,  some  exchang- 
es have  rather  much  unused  space  in 
their  papers.  Make  use  of  this  spac'e 
as  you.  would  advise  a  student  to  make 
use  of  his  spare  moments. 

The  department  thought  it  wise  as 
well  as  interesting  to  give  some  sta- 
tistical facts  concerning  our  depart- 
ment, and  wish  that  others  would  give 
some  similar  facts  in  a  later  issue. 

Our  exchange  department  is  com- 
posed of : 

18  College  papers;  13  High  School 
papers;  3  Seminary  papers;  2  Normal 
School   papers;    1    Law   School  paper; 

1  Medical  School  paper;  iTechnical 
School  paper;  1  Military  Academy  pa- 
per; 1  Industrial  School  paper. 

These  forty-one  dierent  papers  rep- 
resent the  school  work  of  eleven  states. 
We  have :  25  papers  from  Pennsylva- 
nia ;4  from   Virginia ;  2   from   Illinois ; 

2  from  Indiana ;  2  from  Ohio ;  1  from 
Maryland ;  1  from  Wisconsin ;  1  from 
South  Carolina ;  1  from  California ;  1 
from  New  York. 

With  papers  from  so  many  defferent 
schools  and  states  our  students  can  get 
a  fair  estimate  of  the  work  of  the 
schools  throughout  our  land. 

Help  us  to  increase  the  number  of 
exchanges.  WTe  bid  you  welcome  for 
1917. 


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Beacon  Lights  of  Character. 

Be  strong;  for  in  this  world  of  care  are  loads  to  bear 

W*th  1         I  \     I  ™h}C}'  take  the  stren^h  of  brain  and  arm. 
With  days  of  cloud,  and  foes  to  fight,  for  all  who  dare; 

W  hile  sheltering  love  alone  can  shield  the  weak  from  harm. 

Be  true;  for  through  God's  world  a  law  of  truth  holds  sway, 
And  e  en  the  naming  stars  will  fight  the  life  that  lies, 

\\  lnle  to  the  soul  that's  true,  a  joyous  peaceful  way 
Leads  forward  into  night  and  life  that  never  dies. 

Be  kind;  for  on  life's  road  are  brothers  wounded  0 
stripped  by  the  robber  bands  of  sharp  adversity 

We  need  the  smile  of  friends,  the  words  of  cheer-- 
1  he  helping  hand  which  lifts  the  load  of  sympathy. 

Be  brave ;  for  to  the  child  of  fear  come  specters  dread 

Crowding  the  paths  which  climb  the  heights  of  joy  and  love 

but  vanish  when  is  heard  the  conq'ring  fearless  tread 
Ui  one  who  knows  the  fear  alone,  of  God  above. 

Be  calm  ;  for  anxious  thought  and  feverish  haste  will  blight 
With  withering  breath,  the  buds  of  joy  and  power- 

With  peace  and  poise  and  calm  repose  will  gird  with  mieht 
And  lead  to  highest  gain,  with  joy  for  every  hour. 

Be  pure;  for  Christian  faith  is  moral  at  the  core 

And  only  he  whose  thought  is  pure,  and  every  deed 

Ca"  cle*rlJ  sf<  with  knowledge  growing  more  and  more, 
1  he  God  who  dwells  with  man,  fulfilling  every  need. 

— David  Lang. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


America's  Destiny. 


Ruth  N.  Kilhefner  '17 


America  is  not  sick  but  she  is  ner- 
vous. If  she  keeps  on  she  will  have 
nervous  prostration  just  as  Europe 
has  to-day.  America  is  comparative- 
ly young  yet  as  we  are  in  the  world's 
greatest  age.  But  we  must  remember 
that  before  America  attempts  to  re- 
build Europe  she  must  rebuild  her- 
self. To  do  this  we  do  not  need  good 
politics  but  good  government.  We 
need  patriots  instead  of  politicians; 
patriots  who  find  out  God's  way  and 
then  go  that  way  if  they  must  go  alone. 
The  patriot  is  the  enforcer  of  good 
government. 

But  if  we  want  more  patriots  we 
will  have  to  grow  them,  and  these 
patriots  must  come  from  the  American 
youth.  If  the  American  youths  do  not 
make  good  patriots  someone  is  to 
blame.  You  know  that  there  are  real- 
ly no  bad  boys  and  girls  but  the  cur- 
few law  of  to-day  reflects  on  the  pa- 
rents of  the  land.  It  virtually  says 
that  the  parents  cannot  manage  their 
own  children.  Indeed  it  is  a  serious 
thing  when  children  seek  any  place 
but  their  own  firesides.  Here  is  the 
responsibility  of  parenthood.  The 
mother  should  be  ready  to  welcome  the 
children  at  home  when  they  are  dis- 
missed from  school.  Mothers  have 
the  chance  to  live  like  a  Madonna  but 
so  many  would  rather  play  bridge 
than  be  a  true  mother.  We  can  read- 
ily see  that  this  does  not  tend  to  make 
patriots     of     our      youth.     American 


youths  are  ready  to  receive  the  weigh- 
ty problems  of  the  day.  The  women 
clamor  for  suffrage.  But  those  who 
play  bridge  and  neglect  their  children 
are  not  the  ones  to  have  suffrage.  For 
suffrage  should  be  placed  on  a  basis 
of  .intellect.  When  the  fathers  tend 
mothers  of  America  make  their  fami- 
lies their  first  concern  things  along 
this  line  will  be  considerably  improv- 
ed. 

The  public  schools  should  be  a 
means  of  helping  our  boys  and  girls 
to  become  patriots.  But  although  we 
demand  good  teachers  we  are  not  will- 
ing to  pay  them  enough  for  their  ser- 
vices. We  spend  millions  annually  for 
tobacco  and  drink.  Should  we  be  will- 
ing then  to  pay  less  to  educate  our 
youth?  We  expect  teachers  to  be  cap- 
able of  analyzing  childhood  but  as  long 
as  we  pay  less  to  teachers  than  to  non- 
professional men  we  need  not  be  sur- 
prised if  we  have  more  politicians 
than  patriots. 

The  church  is  a  third  means  to 
bring  the  youth  to  a  high  standard. 
We  might  say  the  destiny  of  the  world 
lies  in  the  church.  Brotherhood  should 
be  prominent  in  all  her  activities.  This 
should  be  the  tie  that  unites  capital 
and  labor.  There  has  always  been  a 
conflict  between  these  two  elements. 
The  labor  problem  should  be  one  of 
justice  rather  than  of  politics.  All  the 
politician  wants  is  the  laboring  man's 
vote.     Here   is   the   great   opportunity 


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of  the  church.  The  church  should 
show  the  laboring  man  that  she  un- 
derstands his  needs.  It  should  put 
Christ  before  creed  and  thus  establish 
Utopian  relation  with  all. 

The  market  place  is  the  fourth  fac- 
tor in  the  destiny  of  America.  Busi- 
ness men  have  a  code  of  honor  but  is 
their  code  high  enough?  Is  there  as 
high  a  code  among  business  men  as 
among  thieves?  There  ought  to  be 
for  the  man  who  takes  advantage 
because  he  can  is  a  greater  traitor  than 
Benedict  Arnold.  Brotherhood  should 
prevent  this  traitorship.  The  Ameri- 
can ought  to  live  as  man  to  man  for 
men  are  not  bad  but  go  bad  and  so  oft- 
en we  help  to  make  them  bad.  Men 
need  God  in  their  hearts.  Human  hearts 
are  willing  to  try  again  if  we  help  in- 
stead of  hinder.  As  our  fathers  bound 
the  colonies  so  we  bind  the  world  to- 
gether by  unbreakable  ties  of  brother- 
hood. The  man  on  the  under  side  of 
life  is  not  there  because  he  wants  to  be. 


The  American  man  should  live  up  to 
him  obligations.  We  need  an  ex- 
ample of  brotherhood  rather  than  the 
tramp  of  marching  feet.  We  should 
drop  words  of  love  and  sympathy  in 
our  pathway.  The  destiny  of  the 
world  is  in  the  hands  of  America  and 
brotherhood  is  the  link.  The  time  is 
coming  when  the  world  will  be  bound 
together  under  one  jurisdiction.  So 
we  ought  to  forget  that  we  are  Ger- 
mans, Americans  or  French  and  be 
men  ready  to  die  for  our  country  if 
necessary  but  more  ready  to  live  for 
her.  We  should  have  a  vision  of  one 
world  rather  than  of  one  nation. 

America  must  rebuild  the  world.  The 
flag  of  brotherhood  is  planted  high 
but  we  should  bring  ourselves  up  to 
the  flag.  In  the  world's  tomorrow 
heaven  will  not  be  disappointed  in 
America  because  she  will  measure  up 
to  her  responsibilities.  Each  of  us 
carries  a  flag  of  brotherhood.  May 
my  flag  never  touch  the  ground! 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Civil  Function  of  the  School 


A.   C.   Baugher. 


In  primitive  society  all  our  present 
day  institutions,  except  the  home, 
were  unknown.  All  our  institutions 
have  their  origin  in  the  hOme — the 
first  and  grandest  of  God's  institutions. 
In  the  study  of  ancient  history  we 
find  that  the  home  was  controlled  with 
only  its  individual  interests  in  will. 
The  words  that  the  father  spoke  were 
law.  He  had  control  of  all  religious 
as  well  as  all  secular  duties.  He  was 
priest.  To  him  belonged  the  offering 
of  sacrifices.  To  a  large  extent  the 
standard  of  morality  was  in  his  hands. 
He  was  chief  executive  of  all  judicial 
and  legislative  work.  To  him  the  rest 
of  the  family  looked  for  advice.  As 
the  family  grew,  the  duties  increased 
and  became  too  much  of  a  burden  for 
one  man,  and  as  a  result,  labor  was 
divided.  An  example  for  this  stage  of 
social  progress  can  be  found  in  the 
history  of  the  children  of  Israel,  when 
Moses  was  unable  to  look  after  all 
their  spiritual  and  physical  and  social 
needs,  seventy  others  were  appointed 
to  help  him.  This  was  a  prominent 
step  in  the  division  of  labor.  The 
father  in  the  home  was  the  teacher. 
If  the  child  was  taught  a  few  funda- 
mental facts  concerning  ciphering, 
reading,  and  writing,  his  school  life 
was  finished.  He  was  ready  to  make 
a  living  for  himself.  He  was  fitted  for 
the  few  minor  problems  confronting 
him.  But  as  society  became  more 
heterogeneous  more  intellectual  train- 
ing was  needed  in  order  to  be  able  to 


cope  with  the  more  complex  affairs  of 
life.  At  this  stage  the  father  learned 
that  he  was  unable  to  give  the  required 
amount  of  mental  training.  Here  is 
where  our  school  had  its  origin.  A 
special  person  was  designated  to  give 
the  training  needed. 

But  now  we  come  to  the  sad  part 
of  the  history  of  the  school.  After  in- 
struction was  taken  out  of  the  home 
the  school  and  the  home  somehow  fail- 
ed to  feel  their  proper  relation.  The 
parents  were  under  the  impression  that 
the  school  is  responsible  for  all  the 
education  that  the  child  was  to  receive, 
and  to-day  the  school  is  staggering 
under  this  burden  without  the  proper 
cooperation  of  the  home.  Other  insti- 
tutions, such  as  the  church  and  state 
and  nation,  have  grown  up  with  the 
hearty  support  of  its  members. 

We  naturally  wonder  what  the 
civic-function  of  the  school  really  is. 
They  are  many.  When  society  was 
more  homogeneous  than  to-day,  its 
duties  were  few,  but  as  it  becomes 
more  heterogeneous  its  duties  increas- 
ed  in   number. 

Let  us  name  the  first  civic-function 
of  the  school.  It  is  that  toward  the 
individual.  This  can  be  summed  up  in 
one  word,  refinement.  But  this  is 
such  a  broad  and  general  term  that  we 
choose  to  divide  it  into  three  subtop- 
ics as  follows : —  physical,  intellectual 
and  moral.  Even  down  in  the  lowest 
grades  in  the  public  school  we  find 
teachers  endeavoring:  to  teach  the  child 


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if 


the  proper  care  and  use  of  eyes,  ears, 
teeth,  etc.,  and  we  have  learned  that 
to  be  anything  a  person  must  first  be 
a  good  animal.  It  is  rather  strange  to 
find  that  our  intellectual  giant  or  mor- 
al standard-gearer  lives  in  a  "rickety 
al   standard-bearer  lives  in  a  "rickety 

The  child  goes  to  school  for  seven 
to  nine  months  in  the  year  to  glean 
facts  and  truths  which  will  help  him 
in  after  life ;  which  will  help  him  to 
reach  the  plane  where  he  can  exercise 
self-direction.  The  school-room  owes 
to  every  boy  and  girl  that  crosses  its 
threshold  one  hundred  and  forty  or 
more  times  each  school  year  not  only 
preparation  for  life  but  Life. 

With  all  the  physical  strength  and 
gracefulness  and  intellectual  alertness 
and  sublimity  that  the  school  is  able 
to  give,  it  must  not  fail  to  give  a 
sound  moral  training.  A  pupil  leav- 
ing school  at  the  age  of  fourteen  or 
twenty-one  with  the  honor  of  being 
the  brightest  boy  or  girl  in  school  with 
only  a  physical  and  intellectual  train- 
ing is  known  to  society  as  nothing 
more  than  a  professional  cad.  The 
school  has  missed  its  most  important 
function  if  it  has  failed  to  give  good 
moral  training. 

The  second  great  civic-function  of 
the  school  is  its  relation  to  the  home. 
The  school  is  supposed  to  take  the 
place  of  the  home  while  the  child  is  in 
the  school-room.  The  child  should  be 
taught  that  "to  obey  is  better  than 
sacrifice."  The  school  should  take 
great  pains  in  teaching  the  pupil  obedi- 
ence— the  civic  virtue  which  builds  up 
an  Empire  or  the  Christian  principle 
which  is  the  corner-stone  of  the  Christ- 
ian life.  If  this  fundamental  is  prop- 
erly laid  the  next  stepping  stone  to  a 


higher  plane  will  be  placed. 

Next  we  shall  notice  that  historic 
factor  which  is  the  key-note  of  true 
greatness,  in  the  life  of  a  true  Ameri- 
can ;  that  is  honesty.  No  day  should 
pass  by  without  the  boy  feeling  that 
"'honesty  is  the  best  policy." 

The  third  civic  function  of  the 
school  is  its  relation  to  the  church. 
No  young  man  or  woman  should  at- 
tempt to  tread  life's  unbeaten  path 
without  the  continuous  nurture  of  a 
church.  The  school  should  impress 
this  at  an  early  time  in  an  appropriate 
manner  inculcating  such  traits  of 
character  as   loyalty  and  obedience. 

We  could  not  pass  over'this  subject 
without  considering  its  civic-function 
toward  the  state.  The  state  is  a  word 
used  to  designate  a  community  of  in- 
stitutions such  as  the  above  named 
and  others.  There  can  be  no  state  if 
there  be  no  homes,  and  homes  are  rare- 
ly without  churches.  So  we  see  that 
the  state  is  composed  of  many  funda- 
mental principles.  Furthermore,  we 
at  once  see  that  the  things  that  per- 
tain to  the  home  or  the  church,  pertain 
to  the  state.  But  we  must  not  forget 
that  the  broblems  of  the  state  are 
much  more  numerous  and  weighty 
than  those  of  the  home  or  church.  The 
State  may  have  ten  perplexing  prob- 
lems where  the  church  or  home  has 
one.  The  state  has  its  own  problems 
plus  those  of  all  its  institutions.  We 
already  learned  that  the  whole  is 
greater  than  any  of  its  parts.  It  then 
becomes  the  duty  of  the  school  to  in- 
still in  the  plastic  mind  the  sense  of 
civic-responsibility.  Many  people  see 
nothing  but  the  opportunity.  They 
fail  to  see  that  if  opportunity  is  writ- 
ten on  one  side  of  the  door,  responsi- 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


bility  is  written  on  the  other.  Arc 
you  aware  of  your  responsibility  if  you 
do  not  vote  and  vote  intelligently?  It 
is  the  duty  of  every  Christian  patriot 
to  help  to  put  men  into  office  who  have 
moral  as  well  as  political  backbone. 
Here  the  school  should  not  fail  to  take 
note  of  its  power  and  opportunity  to 
create  a  sound  public  opinion  but  so 
many  are  without  ground.  After  all 
it  is  the  force  of  public  sentiment  that 
raises  or  lowers  our  moral  standards, 
that  captures  and  punishes  our  crimin- 
als. No  time  more  than  now  did  we 
have  the  notion  so  strongly  that  schol- 
arship and  service  go  hand  in  hand. 
Formerly,  the  school  as  a  square 
touched  only  on  four  corners,  but  now 
with  its  many  phases  of  education,  it 
almost  reaches  the  point  where  we  be- 
gin to  think  of  the  theory  of  limits. 

We  now  come  to  the  last  institution 
toward  which  the  school  has  a  civic- 
function.  Our  nation  is  one  solid  mass 
of  institutions,  beginning  with  the 
home  and  ending  with  itself.  No 
group  of  people  on  the  face  of  the 
globe  have  so  readily  adapted  them- 
selves to  new  customs,  new  habits, 
new  ideas,  as  have  our  American 
people.  The  school  holds  great  pro- 
cess. The  school  acts  as  a  social  sol- 
vent in  the  retort  in  which  all  races, 
nations,  classes  and  temoeraments  have 
been  placed.  It  destroys  class  and 
race  prejudice  which  would  undermine 
our  democracy  in  a  short  time  were 
it  not  for  the  school.  It  is  a  safeguard 
to  our  republic.  It  aims  to  esteem  all 
alike.  In  the  eyes  of  the  aim  of  our 
schools  there  are  no  poor  or  rich ;  no 
uneducated  or  educated ;  no  party  or 
class ;  all  pay  taxes ;  none  are  exempt. 
Were  this  different  it  might  well  be 


said,  "Taxation  and  education  will 
ruin  our  country." 

The  school  should  aim  at'  teaching 
that  citizenship  is  not  a  political  but 
a  sacred  thing.  The  school  should 
keenly  feel  the  responsibility  when 
permitted  to  work  with  an  empire  like 
that  of  the  mind.  We  believe  in  an 
open  door,  but  that  open  door  should 
be  the  school  room  door.  "No  nation 
was  ever  saved  by  education  but  no 
nation  was  ever  saved  without  it." 

We  have  endeavored  to  point  out 
what  ought  to  be  done  but  nothing 
has  been  said  as  to  how  to  do  it.  When 
we  talk  about  the  progress  of  the 
school  we  think  of  the  home.  As  we 
have  said  before  that  the  school  is  an 
outgrowth  of  the  home,  we  can,  un- 
doubtedly, find  the  solution  of  many 
of  its  problems  in  the  home.  There 
are  however,  exceptions  to  the  last 
statement,  in  such  cases  as  crowded 
city  districts,  foreign  sections,  etc. 
The  solution  of  these  last  named  must 
be  found  in  the  school-room  and  on  the 
play  ground :  Were  it  not  for  these 
exceptions,  the  school  might  well  be 
classed  as  a  social  thermometer.  Even 
as  it  is,  the  school  is  a  fairly  good  in- 
dex of  the  general  industrial,  social, 
religious  and  economic  life  of  the  com- 
munity. Not  only  is  the  support  of 
the  district  needed  but  that  of  the  state 
as  well.  In  a  community  composed 
largely  of  the  foreign  element,  the 
state  might  well  establish  a  lecture 
course  to  instruct  the  future  Ameri- 
cans. We  often  succeed  in  de-nation- 
alizing a  foreigner  but  we  too  often  fail 
to  Americanize  him.  The  little  boys 
in  large  cities  are  too  often  hemmed  in 
on  all  sides  by  signs  "no  trespassing; 
no  coasting;   positively  no  ball  play- 


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13 


ing  here."  No  wonder  the  boy  is  en- 
gaged in  some  misdemeanor.  Give 
him  something  to  do  that  is  construct- 
ive rather  than  destructive.  Why  not 
open  the  school  play  grounds  for  the 
children's  benefit  at  all  times.  It 
would  pay  the  state  and  borough  to 
hire  teachers  during  the  summer  to 
care  for  the  children.  It  would  be  wise 
to  have  the  children  work  in  a  public 
garden.  Every  child  should  have  an 
opportunity  to  prove  faithful  to  the 
charge  entrusted  to  him.  Many  de- 
sirable   qualities      would   be      fostered 


which    would    otherwise    be   neglected 
and  lost. 

In  summing  up  the  leading  paints  in 
this  paper,  we  wish  to  call  attention  to 
the  several  leading  functions  of  the 
school :  toward  the  individual,  toward 
the  home,  toward  the  church,  toward 
the  state,  and  toward  the  nation.  Ae 
we  have  said  our  nation  is  composed 
of  many  institutions  and  each  insti- 
tution of  many  individuals,  hence  the 
desired  product  of  our  schools  is  good 
citizenship.  We  need  patriots,  men 
and  women  who  are  willing  to  live  for 
their  country  instead  of  dying  for  it. 


The  Contributions  of  Greece  to  the  World. 


P.  E.  Burkholder. 


The  ancient  Greeks  have  contributed 
to  the  civilized  world  much  culture 
and  refinement. 

In  the  first  place,  the  modern  world 
possesses  many  things  in  the  form  of 
education  that  are  of  Greek  origin.  In 
literature,  we  have  handed  down  to 
us  from  these  people  the  world's  great- 
est masterpieces.  They  have  given  to 
us  epic  poetry  produced  by  Homer, 
also  lyric  poetry  in  the  forms  of  the 
ballad  by  Alcaeus  and  Sappho,  and  the 
choral  odes  by  Pindar.  Likewise  are 
we  indebted  to  Aeschylus,  and  Anthe- 
man,  for  the  drama,  and  to  the  Greek 
Sophists  for  the  beginning  of  Rhetoric 
and  the  founding  of  Oratory.  From 
Thucydides,  another  Athenians,  we 
have  received  the  first  scientific  his- 
torv   that   was   ever   written.     Thales, 


a  Miletian  was  the  founder  of-  Philo- 
sophy. To  his  work,  Plato  has  con- 
tributed the  theory  of  ideas,  "ideas  are 
the  sole  realities,  eternal  and  unchange- 
able, existing  only  in  heaven ;"  Socra- 
tes has  added  the  question  method  of 
teaching ;  and  Aristotle  has  given  the 
first  form  of  classified  knowledge. 
The  most  nearly  perfect  sculpture  that 
has  ever  been  designed  by  man  is  the 
product  of  such  men  as  Phidias,  auth- 
or of  the  statue  of  Athens  on  th  Acro- 
polis ;  and  Lysippus,  the  originator  of 
portrait  sculpture,  all  of  whom  were 
Greeks.  In  architecture  the  world 
has  received  from  them,  the  Doric, 
Corinthian,  and  Ionic  forms.  Their 
temples  and  other  buildings  are  found 
to  be  almost  perfect  models  of  archi- 
tecture. The  Greeks  are  also  the 
founders  of  the  theatre,  staduim  and 


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gymnasium.  From  the  Olympic  games, 
our  modern  world  has  conceived  the 
track  meet  and  our  country  fairs,  also 
bear  some  resemblance  to  parts  of  the 
exercises.  Our  modern  method  of 
physical  discipline  and  the  idea  of  edu- 
cation being  controlled  by  the  state 
originated  among  the  Greeks. 

In  'the  second  place,  we  find  that 
certain  forms  of  our  present  govern- 
ment had  their  beginning  in  Greece. 
In  the  council  of  the  Greek  Areopagus, 
we  see  the  source  of  our  supreme 
court;  in  the  city  state  a  form  of  our 
modern  county  and  state ;  in  the  con- 
gress at  Corinth,  the  origin  of  our  rep- 
resentative form  of  government ;  and 
in  Athens'  government  our  democratic 
form  of  government. 


In  the  third  place,  Greece  is  the 
birthplace  of  a  number  of  our  modern 
institutions.  The  modern  fraternity 
has  developed  from  the  Greek  phratry; 
the  Zoological  park,  and  the  museum 
claim  Alexander  as  their  founder. 

In  the  fourth  place,  political,  reli- 
gious, and  intellectual  freedom  are 
ideals  that  come  down  to  us  from  an- 
cient Hellas.  Likewise,  are  they  the 
first  to  present  the  ideal  character — 
a  strong,  perfectly  developed  body,  an 
equally  strong  intellect,  and  feeling 
absolutely  free  and  fearless,  held  in 
control  by  reason. 

Thus  it  is  to  the  ancient  Geek  that 
the  modern  world  is  indebted  for  valu- 
able contributions  of  culture  and  re- 
finement. 


Local  Bible  Institutes. 


Ezra  Wenger. 

There  are  quite  a  few  calls  for  these 
institutes  and  our  teachers  although 
very  busy  with  their  school  work  are 
willing  to  go  and  give  of  their  best  to 
the  various  churches. 

These  short  institutes  are  very  much 
appreciated  by  all  who  attend  and  in 
all  the  churches  that  they  are  being 
held  there  seems  to  be  a  great  spiritual 
revival  which  is  quite  natural  because 
all  the  teachers  are  pointing  the  people 
to  God  and  His  Word. 

The  following  Institutes  were  held 
this  school  year : 

East  Berlin,  Adams  County,  where 
Elder  S.  H.  Hertzler  and  Prof.  R.  W. 
Schlosser  were  the  instructors.  Six 
sessions  were  held  during  which  Elder 
Hertzler  taught  out  of  the  Book  of  He- 
brews and  Prof.  Schlosser  gave  in- 
structions on  Bible  Doctrine. 

On  November  3-5  Prof.  H.  K.  Ober 
conducted  n  institute  at  Black  Rock, 
York  County.  In  the  seven  sessions 
that  were  held  Prof.  Ober  spoke  on 
Sunday  School  and  problems  and 
gave  two  lectures :  "Child's  Rights" 
and  "Love,  Courtship  and  Marriage." 
Prof.  Schlosser  devoted  his  entire  time 
in  teaching  from  the  First  Epistle  Gen- 
eral of  St.  John. 


During  Thanksgiving  vacation,  Prof. 
H.  K.  Ober  and  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlosser 
again  held  an  institute  of  eleven  ses- 
sions at  Meadow  Branch,  Maryland. 
Prof.  Ober  devoted  his  time  to  Sunday 
School  work  and  "The  Child,"  while 
Prof.  Schlosser  taught  from  The  First 
Epistle  General  of  St.  John  and  also 
s:ave  several  discourses  on  the  "Holy 
Spirit." 

On  Jan.  5-7,  Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  and 
Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer  conducted  an  insti- 
tute in  the  Little  Swatara  Church, 
Lebanon  County.  Seven  very  inter- 
esting sessions  were  held  during  which 
Dr.  Reber  spoke  on  the  following  sub- 
jects: "The  Bible,"  "The  Lord,"  "The 
Church,"  "The  World,"  "The  Child," 
"The  Christian,"  and  "The  Judgment." 
Prof.  Mever  used  as  the  basis  of  all 
his  talks  "The  Sermon  on  the  Mount." 

All  of  these  institutes  were  well  at- 
tended and  much  interest  was  mani- 
fested  throughout. 

The  following  institutes  are  being 
planned  vet  for  this  year: 

Prof.  Ober  and  Prof.  Schlosser  at 
Ephrata,  Lancaster  County,  in  Febru- 
ary and  at  Westminster,  Md.  in  March, 
also  Dr.  Reber  and  Prof.  Meyer  in  Tul- 
pehocken  Congregation,  Lebanon 
County,  in  the  near  future. 


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Gleanings  From  the  Bible  Institute. 
Lydia  Stauffer. 

The  Special  Bible  Institute  from 
Jan.  12  to  19  brought  much  inspira- 
tion. Several  of  the  regular  members 
of  the  faculty  gave  instruction  highly 
appreciated  by  the  home  folks  as  well 
as  those  in  attendance  of  the  special 
term. 

Prof.  Schlosser  gave  one  period 
throughout  the  week  to  the  study  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  This  afforded  a 
glimpse  of  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  the  Old  Testament,  as  well  as  the 


New  Testament.  He  also  gave  four 
periods  in  studying  the  Epistle  of  1 
John.  In  this  work  he  emphasized  the 
result  of  "walking  in  the  light"  in  "fel- 
lowship" in  contrast  with  professing 
to  be  in  the  light  and  yet  walking 
alone.  Other  great  fundament  truths 
of  the  epistle  were  forcibly  impressed. 

Prof.  Meyer  gave  two  periods  to  the 
study  of  the  Shepherd  Psalm  and  the 
Lord's  Prayer.  His  periods  showed 
thorough  study  of  these  subjects.  In 
the  limited  time  he  was  unable  to  give 
to  us  the  many  truths  he  had  thought 


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out  and  gleaned  from  writers  on  these 
texts.  After  carefully  presenting  his 
work,  he  reinforced  these  impressions 
through  the  medium  of  printed  charts. 
Prof.  Meyer  also  printed  duplicates 
copies  of  these  charts  on  sheets  of  pa- 
per which  are  available. 

Prof.  Ober  gave  one  period  daily  to 
considering  Sunday  School  topics. 
The  usual  spicy  enthusiasm  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Dutchman  stirred  ear- 
nest workers  to  renewed  determina- 
tion to  do  more  efficient  work  in  this 
large  field  of  usefulness. 

Dr.  Reber  gave  three  periods  to 
word  study.  He  illustrated  by  typical 
words,  how  the  same  word  used  in 
different  context  conveys  different 
meanings.  The  significance  of  many 
proper  names  of  the  Bible,  was  ex- 
plained.. He  also  gave  us  his  concep- 
tion of  the  dispensations  and  the  judg- 
ment by  means  of  a  printed  chart. 

Eld.  W.  K.  Conner  of  Harrisburg, 
gave  four  periods  of  very  helpful  in- 
struction for  using  crayon  and  object 
lessons.  His  teaching  emphasized 
the  absolute  necessity  of  the  black- 
board for  efficient  teaching  in  the  Sun- 
day School.  Simplicity  and  practice 
were  his  key  words  leading  to  success 
in  the  use  of  black-board  and  object. 
Elder  Conner  also  gave  us  two  ser- 
mons. The  first  evening  he  gave  a 
general  survey  of  Giving  in  the  Old 
Testament.  The  texts  treating  on 
tithes,  the  various  free  will  offering 
and  sacrifices  were  summed  up  and 
shown  to  total  to  an  amazing  amount. 
The  second  evening  "New  Testament 
Giving"  was  treated  in  such  a  manner 
impressing  our  added  responsibility  of 
giving  under  the   Gospel,  in  compari- 


son with  that  of  God's  people  under 
the  Law. 

Bro.  W.  S.  Long,  pastor  of  the  Al- 
toona  Church  was  highly  appreciated 
throughout  his  stay  of  four  days.  In 
his  forenoon  periods,  he  emphasized 
many  phases  of  the  Christ,  His  diety, 
atonement,  exhalation,  advocacy  and 
second  coming  were  forcefully  dwelt 
upon.  In  his  afternoon  periods  he 
considered  the  Church's  relation  to 
Him — as  a  family,  members  of  his 
body,  Sheep  of  his  fold,  a  spiritual 
house  and  as  a  bride.  The  sermon 
"New  Power  in  the  <"M  Parish"  was 
based  on  the  fishing  experience  in  the 
Sea  of  Galilee.  At  the  command  of 
the  Master  the  over-whelming  draught 
of  fishes  was  taken  in  the  same  spot 
where  disappointment  had  been  ex- 
perienced when  not  directed  by  Him. 

The  interest  and  attendance  culmin- 
ated in  a  strong  climax  by  the  coming 
of  Bro.  F.  H.  Crumpacker,  return  Mis- 
sionary fom  China.  His  appeal  for  pre- 
pared young  people  to  enter  the  mis- 
sion field  now,  was  strong  and  forceful. 
This  appeal  was  sustained  by  devoting 
several  teaching  periods  to  the  sudy  of 
Scriptural  teaching  on  the  subject,  al- 
so by  a  sectional  map  of  China  locating 
our  mission  stations.  The  eagerness 
of  the  Chinese  to  receive  Gospel  teach- 
ing was  very  vividly  portrayed.  In  his 
last  messaee  "Stewardship  of  Money 
and  life,"  he  emphasized  the  joy  of  giv- 
ing as  well  as  the  responsibility  of  pos- 
sessing. At  the  close  of  the  discourse 
an  offering  of  $86  was  lifted  for  world-  ' 
wide  missions. 

Other  features  of  the  work  were,  the 
Educational  program.  Elder  A.  P. 
Geib,  pastor  of  Brooklyn  Mission,  gave 


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an  address,  also,  Eld.  W.  K.  Conner 
gave  an  illustrated  address.  In  both 
of  these  addresses  the  emphasis  was 
placed  on  symmetrical  development  of 
the  physical,  mental  and  spiritual ;  also 
the  advantage  of  the  smaller  church 
schools  over  the  larger  secular  schools, 
was  shown. 

Sunday  was  a  very  busy  day.  In 
the  morning  Brother  J.  B.  Brubaker, 
delivered  a  very  simple  but  forceful 
sermon  on  the  subject,  "Thy  Kingdom 
Come."  In  the  afternoon  Brother 
Nathan  Martin  spoke  on  "The 
Church."     In  the  evening  H.  R.  Gibble 


gave  an  appreciated  sermon  on  Ps.  1  :$r 
directing  our  attention  and  apprecia- 
tion of  Nature. 

So  the  week  was  very  profitably 
spent  developing  spiritually.  We  hope 
those  who  came  to  enjoy  these  bles- 
sings will  come  again  and  we  will  glad- 
ly welcome  many  others.  These  sea- 
son of  refreshing  are  too  good  to  be 
missed.  Reader,  begin  now  to  plan 
to  be  with  us  next  year. 

Upon  all  who  came  to  teach  and  help 
we  pray  God's  blessing  and  may  you 
be  kept  for  a  long  life  and  great  use- 
fulness. 


-vAV. 


K.p 


,  V\~  s- 


Prof.  Ober  was  one  of  the  instruct- 
ors at  a  two-day  Bible  Institute  held 
at  Daleville,  Va.,  January  5-7. 

Dr.  Reber  attended  the  Penna. 
Teachers'  Association  Conference  at 
Harrisburg  on  the  28th  of  December. 

Messrs.  A.  C.  Baugher  and  Ezra 
Wenger  attended  a  two-day  Bible  In- 
stitute at  the  Frytown  Church  near 
Myerstown.  The  instructors  of  the 
Institute  were  Dr.  Reber  and  Prof. 
Meyer. 

Mr.  Schwenk  (the  bell  boy)  ex- 
claimed, "If  that  bell  won't  ring  soon' 
I  have  to  ring  it.  " 

Prof.  Meyer  delivered  an  address 
Jan.  16th  at  the  Teachers'  Institute, 
held  at  Bachmanville. 

Prof.  H.  H.  Nye,  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  College  Faculty  was  elect- 
ed to  the  ministry  Jan.  4th,  by  the 
Elizabethtown  Brethren  Church.  His 
many  friends  extend  him  their  best 
wishes  in  his  high  calling.     Prof  Nye 


is   teacher   of   History,   Social   Science 
and    Rhetoric. 

A  gentleman  student  on  Alpha  Hall, 
when  looking  for  a  motto  in  Latin, 
exclaimed,  "This  is  just  what  I  want;" 
"Domus  et  placens  uxor,"  (Home  and 
a  pleasing  wife). 

Prof.  Nye  to  Mr.  Fogelsanger — 
"'Mr.  Fogelsanger,  when  do  you  use 
the  period?" 

Mr.  Fogelsanger — "After  punctu- 
ations." 

Prof.  Meyer  to  Mr.  Shaak— "Mr. 
Shaak  how  close  can  you  get  to  the 
equator?" 

Mr.  Shaak — "Within  one  hundred 
and  ninety-one  degrees." 

Mr.  P.aum  to  Mr.  Shissler— "Mr. 
Shissler  I  couldn't  sleep  an  eyeful 
this  afternoon." 

How  many  of  your  New  Year's 
resolutions  have  you  broken  already? 

Miss  Ruth  Kilhefner  visited  Miss 
Carper  in  Palmyra  January  6  and  7. 


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The  revival  held  at  Spring-  Creek 
by  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlosser  has  closed. 
The  interest  was  good  and  there  were 
quite  a  few  additions  to  the  church. 
Several  times  some  of  the  students  at- 
tended the  services. 

A  most  splendid  song  recital  was 
given  in  Music  Hall,  Saturday,  Januray 
20  by  Miss  Orca  Zora  Miller  of  Phila- 
delphia. Miss  Miller  sang  English, 
Irish  and  Scotish  folk  songs;  English 
German  and  Italian  classics  and  an 
aria  from  an  oratoria  as  well  as  the 
aria  from  an  opera.  Miss  Miller  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Zobanaky  school  of 
Light  Singing  being  graduated  under 
Miss  Anne  McDonough.  She  was  a 
student  of  harmony  and  counterpoint 
under  Dr.  Hugh  C.  Clark  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania.  She  is  a 
student  in  voice  of  Madam  Emma  Os- 
bourne  of  the  Sternburg  School  of 
Music.  Miss  Miller  was  choir  leader 
of  the  First  Church  of  the  Brethren  in 
Philadelphia  during  1914-1916.  Dur- 
ing the  spring  semester  of  1916  she 
was  in  charge  of  the  vocal,  music  de- 
partment of  Juniata  College.  At  pres- 
ent she  is  vocal  music  instructor  in 
the  Pennsylvania  institution  for  the 
blind  at  Overbrook,  Pa. 

Her  accompanist  Miss  Bertha  At- 
kins, is  also  school  accompanist  and  a 
teacher  at  Sternburg  School  of  Music. 
Miss  Atkins  is  a  graduate  of  Mrs.  M. 
B.  Moulten  in  Piano  Normal  Work 
and  has  studied  interpretation  with 
Constantine  Von  Sternburg,  principal 
of  the  Sternburg  School  of  Music,  a 
world  famous  piano  teacher  and  com- 
poser. The  whole  program  was  one  of 
high  merit  and  we  feel  that  it  is  a  rare 
privilege  to  hear  artists  of  such  abili- 

ty. 


Did  you  join  the  Mission   Study  or 
Teacher  Training  classes  just  formed? 

In  Public  Speaking  Class. 

Miss  Myer— "Mr.  Groff,  can't  you 
get  your  tones  up  a  little  higher." 

Mr.  Groff— "Oh  yes,  I  could  but  I'm 
afraid  I  couldn't  get  down  again." 

What  a  feast  of  spiritual  good  things 
we  did  have  at  Bible  Institute  and 
what  a  crowd !  Fact  is,  the  attend- 
ance was  record-breaking.  The  Chap- 
el was  filled  almost  every  day  but 
especially  on  Thursday  the  crowd  was 
exceptionally  large.  Every  speaker 
had  a  vital  message  to  convey.  This 
spirit  showed  itself  in  every  session. 
The  audience  gave  each  speaker  undi- 
vided attention.  Almost  every  phase 
of  Christian  activity  was  spoken  of, 
The  messages  of  Bro.  Crumpacker  cer- 
tainly aroused  a  missionary  spirit  with- 
in us.  The  masterful  sermons  and 
teaching  of  Eld.  Long  of  Altoona,  were 
as  manna  to  hungry  souls.  Eld  Connor 
in  his  teaching  on  the  Sunday  School 
lessons  for  the  coming  year  was  very 
practical.  The  faculty  members  also 
instructed  classes  daily.  And  now  as 
the  Bible  Institute  work  of  the  year  of 
1917  is  over  may  we  not  forget  the 
messages  of  our  teachers  but  may  we 
all  live  more  devoted,  consecrated 
lives  in  His  service. 

Miss  Ellen  Longenecker,  who  was 
ill  has  recovered. 

Among  relatives  of  the  students  who 
were  here  during  Bible  Institute  we 
note  the  following: 

The  Misses  Brightbill  of  Myers- 
town,  visiting  Miss  Dohner;  Mrs. 
Grover  Bare  and  Miss  Marps  of  Ship- 
pensburg.  visiting  Miss  Phebe  Long- 
enecker ;  Miss  Mary  Arbegast  of  Me- 


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chanicsburg,  visiting  Miss  Eva  Arbe- 
gast;  Miss  Mary  Thrush  of  Shippens- 
burg,  visiting  Miss  Byers !  The  Miss- 
es Moyer  of  Lansdale,  visiting  Miss 
Laura  Moyer ;  Mrs.  Hertzler,  Mrs. 
Stauffer  and  Mrs.  Albright  of  Mechan- 
icsburg,  visiting  Miss  Martha  Albright 
Mrs.  Young  visiting  the  Misses 
Young. 

Among  former  students  at  Bible 
Institute  we  noticed  Messrs.  Fahne- 
stock,  McAllister,  Hertzler,  Misses 
Miller,  Speidle,  Moyer,  Taylor,  Heist- 
and,  and  Weaver. 

We  are  indeed  glad  as  an  editorial 
staff  to  welcome  back  into  our  midst 
Miss  Lydia  Stauffer.  Miss  Stauffer 
returned  to  us  the  beginning  of  the 
year  and  we  feel  her  help  and  presence 
is  a  decided  addition  to  the  College 
faculty. 

The  Bible  Institute  visitors  were 
pleased  with  the  clever  work  of  both 
the  Ladies'  and  Gentlemens'  Physical 
Culture  Classes. 

The  Volunteer  band  had  charge  of 
the  Christian  Workers'  Meeting  pro- 
gram held  during  Bible  Institute. 

Again  the  swift  little  arrow  of  Dan 
Cupid  has  pierced  the  hearts  of  two 
of  our  former  students  and  bound  them 
inseperably  together,  viz.,  Miss  Etta 
Kough  and  Mr.  A.  Jay  Replogle.  The 
wedding  occurred  a  few  days  before 
Christmas.  Miss  Kough  had  charge 
•of  the  kitchen  last  year.  At  present 
Mr.  Replogle  is  teaching  in  a  rural 
school  near  Carlisle.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Replogle  are  "at  home"  to  their  friends 
in  Carlisle.  The  editorial  staff  and 
friends  of  "Our  College  Times"  ex- 
tends to  them  their  heartiest  congratu- 
lations for  a  happy  wedded  life. 


January  5-7  Dr.  Reber  and  Prof. 
Myer  conducted  a  Bible  Institute  in 
the  Little  Swatara  congregation.  The 
people  of  the  congregation  enjoyed  it 
so  much  that  they  expect  to  have  two 
of  them  next  year. 

The  many  friends  of  Eld.  S.  R.  Zug 
of  Palmyra,  rejoiced  to  see  him  slowly 
climb  the  steps  to  College  Chapel  to 
attend  our  Seventeenth  Annual  Bible 
Institute  on  January  18. 

New  chandeliers  have  been  placed 
in  the  office  and  Room  B.  This  adds 
greatly  to  the  appearance  of  both 
rooms. 

What  are  you  doing  for  missions? 

The  people  in  the  kitchen  deserve 
great  credit  for  the  way  in  which  they 
handled  the  crowd  at  Bible  Institute. 

The  other  week  one  of  the  boys 
came  to  Dr.  Reber  and  said,  "Dr.  I 
don't  know  what  deportment  is  but  I 
got  a  hundred  in  it,  so  you  may  put  it 
on  my  program  for  next  term." 

Our  business  managers  deserve 
great  credit  for  over  Bible  Institute 
they  secured  quite  a  few  new  subscrib- 
ers. Friend,  if  they  forgot  to  ask  you 
to  subscribe,  won't  you  send  us  your 
subscription  at  once  for  surely  you 
want  to  read  "Our  College  Times." 

The  hall  prayer  meetings  were  well 
attended  during  Bible  Term.  Our 
visitors  especially  seemed  to  enjoy  this 
brief  service. 

The  temperance  program  rendered 
by  the  Temperance  League  of  the  Col- 
lege Sunday  evening,  January  21,  was 
full  of  interest.  Although  we  have 
these  programs  frequently  there  is 
something  new  still  to  be  learned.  The 
program  consisted  of  an  invocation  by 
Dr.    Reber;    Opening   Address,   A.    C. 


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Baugher ;  Recitation,  Anna  Ruth  Esh- 
■elman ;  Oration,  John  F.  Graham ;  x\d- 
dress,  W.  N.  Zobler.  An  appreciative 
audience  gave  the  speakers  the  closest 
attention. 

The  Volunteer  Band  received  some 
very  helpful  advice  from  Bro.  Crum- 
packer  during  his  visit  with  us. 

The  attendance  at  the  basket  ball 
.games  during  Bible  Institute  was  re- 
cord breaking. 

Miss  Margaruite  Howe  of  Mechan- 
icsburg,  heard  the  song  recital  on  Janu- 
ary 20.  Miss  Howe  was  the  guest  ot 
Miss   Byers. 

We  feel  like  commending  the  town 
people  for  their  splendid  help  and  at- 
tendance during  Bible  Institute.  These 
things  helped  to  make  it  a  success. 

Are  you  planing  to  come  for  the 
Spring  Term's  work? 

The  various  speakers  of  our  Bible 
Institute  commended  the  student  body 
for  their  loyalty  and  attendance  at  the 
different  meetings.  But  how  could 
we  stay  away  from  such  good  things 
as  we  heard  there! 

During  Bible  Institute  Miss  Viola 
"Withers  took  dinner  with  us  in  the 
College  dining  room.  It  so  happened 
that  John  Hershev  was  her  opposite. 
During  the  meal  Miss  Withers  looked 
innocently  at  Mr.  Hershey  and  said, 
"Say  Mr.  Hershey,  does  Phebe  Long- 
enecker  go  here  to  school?" 

Keystone  Society  Notes. 
Chill  airs  and  wintry  winds  !  my  ear 

Has  grown  familiar  with  your  song; 
1  hear  it  in  the  opening  year. — 

I  listen,  and  it  cheers  me  long. 

The  new  year  has  made  the  above 


sentiment,  the  sentiment  of  the  Key- 
stone Literary  Society.  Although  the 
weather  has  not  been  so  favorable  for 
some  of  our  public  meetings,  yet  the 
attendance  has  been  good,  the  pro- 
grams well  rendered  and  much  enjoyed 
by  everyone. 

The  Society  met  in  public  session, 
Friday  night,  January  5th,  1917.  At 
this  meeting  the  newly  elected  officers 
were  inaugurated  as  follows  :  Presi- 
dent, Clarence  Ebersole ;  Vice  Pres- 
ident, Reuben  Fogelsanger;  Secretary, 
Alice  Reber ;  Critic,  Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer. 

As  an  inaugural  address  Mr.  Eber- 
sole gave  a  helpful  and  suggestive  talk 
on  "Resolutions  for  the  New  Year." 
The  program  then  rendered  was  as  fol- 
lows :  Piano  Solo,  "Siegmund's  Love 
Song,"  Mary  Hiestand ;  Dialogue, 
"Mary  tries  to  tell  the  Preceptress 
what  happened,"  Linnie  Dohner  and 
Mary  Hiestand ;  Declamation,  Isaac 
Taylor;  Vocal  Solo,  "Somewhere  a 
Voice  is  Calling,"  Lydia  Withers.  Fol- 
lowing this  as  a  closing  feature  of  the 
program  was  a  very  interesting 
"Sketch  of  a  Trip  to  Niagara  Falls," 
by  Prof.  H.  A.  Via. 

We  appreciate  the  interest  which 
our  many  friends  showed  in  attending 
the  program  Friday  afternoon,  Jan- 
uary 1 2th.  This  program  we  consider 
as  one  to  be  remembered  especially 
for  the  splendid  way  in  which  it  was 
rendered  and  the  large  and  apprecia- 
tive audience  which  received  it. 

The  program  rendered  was  as  fol- 
lows:—  Piano  Solo,  "Shepherds  All 
and  Maidens  Fair,"  Harold  Engle ; 
Recitation,  "The  House  by  the  Side 
of  the  Road,"  Anna  Ruth  Eshelman ; 
Piano  Solo,  "Dance  Melodique,"  Flor- 


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ence  Bruaw ;  Declamation,  "The  Con- 
duct of  Life,"  R.  Elam  Zug;  Music, 
"Don't  Count  Your  Chickens  Before 
They  Are  Hatched,"  Male  Quartette; 
In  the  Debate,  "Resolved,  that  the 
housewife  should  use  the  system  of 
Boycott  to  reduce  the  high  cost  of  liv- 
ing," the  negative  side  defended  by 
Verda  Eckert  and  Ezra  Wenger  won 
over  the  affirmative  side  taken  by  Eva 
Arbegast  and  Clarence  Ebersole.  The 
debate  was  followed  by  a  Vocal  Solo 
entitled  "When  the  Heart  Is  Young," 
by  R.  Elam  Zug.  The  closing  feature 
of  the  program  was  a  Literary  Echo 
by  Ruth  Kilhefner.  . 

o 

Athletics. 

Our  season  continued  after  the  holi- 
day vacation  with  renewed  vigor.  Our 
boys  have  put  new  spirit  into  Basket 
Ball.  On  Jan.  5  we  had  a  splendid 
game  featured  by  great  team  work. 
Roses  Owls 

J.   Hershey    ....    F    Ebersole 

Weaver   F   Taylor 

Graham   C H.  Wenger 

Landis   G   Foglesanger 

Shaak    G    Long 

Summary :  Fair  goals,  J.  Hershey  5  ; 
Weaver  4;  Graham,  Shaak,  Ebersole 
5;  Taylor  4;  H.  Wenger.  Foul  goals, 
Ebersole  5;  Landis  4;  Final  score  26- 
23  favor  of  Roses.  Time  of  halves  20 
minutes.     Referee    R.    Zug. 

One  week  later  the  Weaverites  and 
Ebersoleites  met  and  the  former  was 
successful  by  the  score  of  22-18.     Fol- 
lowing is  the  line-up : 
Weaverites.  Ebersoleites. 

J.  Hershey   ....   F   Ebersole 

Weaver F H.  Hershey 

Graham  C  H.  Wenger 


Landis   G Foglesanger 

E.  Wenger  ....  G  Long- 
Summary:  Fair  goals,  J.  Hershey  7, 
Landis,  Graham;  H.  Hershey  5;  Eb- 
ersole 2.  Foul  goals,  Landis  4;  H.. 
Hershey4.  Time  of  halves  20  minutes. 
Referee,  R.  Zug. 

On  Jan.  15  a  splendid  game  was 
played.  It  was  featured  by  good  team. 
work  and  fast  passing.  The  result 
of  the  score  between  the  Hersheyites 
and  Ebersoleites  was  25-15  in  favor  of 
the  former. 

Hersheyites.  Ebersoleites. 

J.  Hershey   F    Ebersole 

H.  Hershey   F   Taylor 

Graham   C   Landis 

Foglesanger    ...    G    Weaver 

Long G H.  Wenger 

Summary:  Fair  goals,  J.  Hershey  7~ 
H.  Hershey  2;  Landis,  Weaver  2;  Eb- 
ersole 3.  Foul  goals,  H.  Hershey  7; 
Landis.  Time  of  halves,  20  minutes. 
Referee,  R.  Zug. 

The  ladies  have  played  a  very  splen- 
did game  lately.  They  deserve  praise 
for  being  able  to  play  such  a  splendid 
game  as  they  did  a  few  weeks  ago.. 
The  game  was  played  between  the 
Roses  and  the  Violets  and  resulted  in 
the  score  of  27-22  in  favor  of  the 
Violets. 

Roses.  Violets. 

P.    Longenecker    F    Eckert 

M.  Young   F    Dohner 

M.  Oellig   C   S.  Miller 

Manpin    G    Aungst 

Sauders G F.  Moyer 

Summary :  Fair  goals,  P.  Longen- 
ecker 9 ;  Young  2 ;  Eckert  3 ;  Dohner 
9 ;  Foul  goals,  Eckert  3.  Time  of  halves 
15   minutes.     Referee,   G.  Miller. 


OUR  COLLEGE   xlMES 


*S 


Alumni  Notes. 

Bible  Term  which  closed  Fri.,  Jan. 
19,  was  the  means  of  bringing  some  of 
the  Alumni  back  to  their  Alma  Mater. 

The  following  were  those  present : 
Mr.  '16  and  Mrs.  I.  J.  Kreider,  Mr. 
"W;  E.  Glasmire  '07,  Mr.  Epharim 
Hertzler  '16,  Miss  Rhoda  Miller  '15, 
Mr.  George  C.  Neff  '16,  Mr.  '16  and 
Mrs.  V.  C.  Holsinger,  Paul  K.  Hess 
'15,  Viola  Withers  '09,  Martha  Martin 
'09,  Prof.  '14  and  Mrs.  '12  L.  W.  Leit- 
•er,  Anna  W.  Wolgemuth  '08,  Gertrude 
Miller  '09,  Mr.  "05  and  Mrs.  D.  L, 
Landis.  John  Hershey  '16  and  a  few 


others  that  may  have  escaped  our  no- 
tice. 

Mr.  Lester  N.  Myer  '-16  has  come 
to  spend  the  week  end  with  us. 

Prof.  H.  K.  Ober  '08,  Prof.  R.  W. 
Schlosser  '07  and  Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer 
'05  were  teachers  at  the  Bible  Insti- 
tute. 

Esther,  daughter  of  Wm.  K.  Kulp 
'12  was  buried  Dec.  29,  1916.  She 
was  sick  for  a  very  short  time.  The 
funeral  was  held  in  the  Elizabethtown 
Brethren  Church.  Age:  about  14 
months. 


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In  the  last  number  of  this  paper 
the  Exchange  department  gav  e  no 
suggestions  on  any  paper.  What  we 
gave  was  nothing  more  than  a  birds- 
eye-view  of  what  constitutes  our  Ex- 
change department,  i.  e.  the  papers 
which  appear  on  our  table.  We  have 
not  said  anything  about  the  quality* 
it  was  quantity  that  we  wished  to 
call  your  attention  to.  We  feel  how- 
ever, that  we  have  some  very  good 
journals.  We  believe,  that  the  best 
journals  are  those  which  are  ever  open 
to  receive  helpful  suggestions,  those 
which  are  ever  ready  to  be  helped, 
those  which  are  always  near  to  lend 
a  helping  hand,  those  which  will  show 
some  of  their  helpful  intellectual 
spirit. 

High  School  papers  !  Stop  !  Look  ! 
Examine!  "Fifth  .Avenue  Life"  is 
worthy  to  be  considered  a  model.  Few 
high  schools  have  a  stronger  paper. 
The  staff  must  certainly  be  busy,  each 
department  is  brought  to  the  readers 
notice.     Your     paper     is  not     flooded 


with    advertisements.     Good,    keep    it 
up. 

In  "The  Bulletin"  we  notice  "Art 
Appeal  to  Common  Sense."  If  this 
would  be  the  only  thing  in  your  pa- 
per it  would  be  worth  its  price.  Every 
boy  in  school  should  know  and  know 
thoroly  the  evils  of  the  smoking  hab- 
it. Every  boy  ought  to  use  a  good 
bit  and  then  two  bits  more  of  this  C.  S. 
(common  sense). 

Your  paper  is  well  balanced.  We 
like  your  cuts.  Your  cover  design  is 
good  and  should  be  understood  by 
everyone. 

"College  Rays"  we  missed  you  very 
much,  we  haven't  seen  you  for  a  long 
time,  in  fact,  only  once  before.  The 
Editor  of  this  department  has  been 
asked  frequently  "where  is  the  College 
Rays?"  They  appreciate  your  ap- 
pearance on  the  list.  We  invite  you 
to  be  present  each  month  thruout  the 
year.  "The  Appetite  of  Mars"  is  a 
very  good  production. 


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"The  Daleville  Leader"  is  a  very 
unique  paper.  The  article  on  "True 
Politeness"  is  indeed,  helpful.  Every 
subscriber  sshould  read  and  re-read  it. 
We  would  like  to  see  a  larger  Ex- 
change department.  Fill  up  those 
err.Dty  spaces.  Get  after  the  printer, 
he  may  be  the  cause  for  it  happening. 

We  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  our 
readers  and  the  readers  of  "The  Ursin- 
us  Weekly"  to  the  contribution  entitl- 
ed "Culture."  Mr.  Yost  deserves  much 


credit  for  putting  his  thought  into 
words. 

"Red  and  White"  we  would  advise 
you  to  strengthen  your  literary  depart- 
ment. 

We  had  a  rather  novel  way  of  work- 
ing our  exchange  department.  Our 
Editor-in-Chief  had  a  personal  talk 
with  the  Editor-in-Chief  of  "Spunk" 
concerning  their  respective  papers 
For  editors  of  similar  departments  to 
meet  and  talk  matters  over,  we  believe 
is  very  helpful. 


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When   Friend  Clasps   Hand  With   Friend 

When  friend  clasps  hands  with  friend  one  more 

When  friends  have  been  apart, 
A  thrill  of  pleasnre  o'er  one  comes 

And  gladness  fills  the  heart. 

When  friends  clasp  hands  in  earnest  talk. 

Of  all  God's  goodness  here, 
Of  all  their  hopeful  plans  for  life, 

For  Him  —  then  God  is  near. 

When  friend  clasps  hands  with  friend  aloner 

In  hours  of  deepest  woe ; 
The  sadness  somehow  softer  seems, 

And  life  doth  sweeter  grow. 

When  friend  clasps  hands  with  friend  in  prayerr 

Each  praying  for  his  friend, 
A  hallowed  Presence  o'er  them  then 

In  blessing  seems  to  bend. 

When  friends  clasp  hands — then  joys  are  theirs,. 
That  else  they  could  not  know. 
We  thank  thee,  God  for  friends  who  make 
Our  earth  a  heaven  below. 

—Merlin  G.  Miller. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


A  Winter  Scene. 


Jeanette  V.  Shope. 


Winter  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  healthful  seasons  of  the  year.  No- 
thing is  more  beautiful  than  winter 
scenery.  There  is  nothing  pleasanter 
than  to  sit  in  a  warm  and  cozy  room 
by  a  window,  and  watch  the  little 
flakes  of  snow  as  they  come  flying  si- 
lently through  the  air,  and  take  their 
place  with  the  others  in  covering  this 
old  mother  earth  with  a  white  blanket. 
As  far  as  one  can  see,  there  is  nothing 
but  a  pure,  white  coverlet. 

On  the  slopes  of  hills,  one  can  see 
the  children  with  the  sleds  enjoying 
themselves  to  the  fullest  extent.  Their 
cheeks  are  ruddy  and  red  being  kissed 


by  the  cool  and  bracing  winter  winds. 
There  is  nothing  more  pleasant  than 
to  watch  the  children  as  they  slide 
down  the  hillside  or  fly  across  the 
great  ponds  of  ice.  They  seem  as  hap- 
py and  carefree  as  though  there  were 
no  lessons  to  study  when  they  are  call- 
ed in  by  the  unwelcome  sounding  of 
the  bell  on  the  old  country  school- 
house. 

Again,  if  we  go  to  the  ponds  which 
are  frozen,  we  can  see  hundreds  of 
skaters  both  young  and  older  ones  en- 
joying the  pleasure  of  skating  on  the 
clear,  smooth  ice. 


Physical  Education. 


Abel  K.  Long 


Physical  education  is  one  of  the 
chief  factors  in  preparing  for  future 
life.  Few  of  the  students  can  under- 
stand the  value  of  physical  training 
when  first  entering  College,  but  most 
of  them  will  agree  with  me  it  is  as 
valuable  as  any  other  study  in  the  cur- 
riculum. 

Mose  of  the  boys  that  are  here  come 
from  the  farm,  and  I  am  not  ashamed 
of  the  fact  as  I  myself  come  from  the 
farm,  and  believe  that  the  farm  makes 
better  men  and  women  for  future  life 


than  do  the  factories  and  stores  of  a 
city. 

The  farmer  boy  does  not  have  the 
beauty  and  style  in  walking  as  does 
the  city  boy  but  after  he  has  had  a 
few  terms  of  physical  training  he  can 
compete  with  any  city  boy  as  he  has 
the  qualities  to  be  developed  which  are 
of  great  service. 

Some  of  us  think  that  on  these  cold 
days  it  is  too  cold  to  take  a  walk  in  the 
open  air,  but  remember  that  the  lungs 
need  as  much  fresh  air  on  cold  days  as 


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they  do  on  warm  days. 

Abundance  of  fresh  air  in  walking 
and  sleeping,  almost  daily  baths  of  the 
right  kind,  perfect  care  of  the  teeth,  at- 
tention to  the  quantity  and  quality  of 
food  and  drink,  and  exercises  that  pro- 
mote health,  grace  and  clear  minds,  are 
the  qualities  which  give  vim,  vigor  and 
strength  to  the  body  and  are  the  chief 
factors  in  getting  an  education. 

Most  of  us  do  not  realize  the  fact 


that  the  janitor,  physical  culture  in- 
structor, and  the  regular  members  of 
the  faculty  are  putting  forth  great  ef- 
forts to  develop  our  physical  bodies 
by  keeping  a  neat  campus,  by  having 
a  well  ordered  physical  culture  drill, 
by  having  games  of  basket-ball,  base- 
ball and  tennis,  and  by  having  a  special 
time  set  aside  each  day  for  the  students 
to  take  physical  exercise  and  develop 
their  bodies  physically. 


An  Artist's  Story. 


Marion  M.  Reese. 


The  scene  of  my  story  is  located  in 
the  small  town  of  Rothenberg  in  South- 
western Germany.  Frank  Wellsley 
was  a  boy  between  eight  or  nine  years 
of  age.  He  lived  with  his  mother  and 
two  sisters,  both  sisters  were  younger 
than  himself.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  only  seven  years  old  leaving  his 
mother  to  earn  a  living  for  her  three 
children.  They  were  very  poor  before 
the  father's  death  and  doubly  so  after- 
wards. Frank's  mother  did  the  best 
she  could  to  keep  the  children  together 
and  make  a  scanty  living.  But  there 
was  more  sorrow  in  store  for  these 
helpless  children  for  within  two  years 
of  the  father's  death,  the  mother  fol- 
lowed. Her  last  request  was  that  her 
mother  who  will  be  known  in  the  story 
as  Grandma  Osborn,  should  take  care 
of  the  children.  Now  Grandma  Os- 
born was  in  no  better  circumstances 
than  was  the  poor  mother  herself,  but 
she   could   not   refuse  the  last  request 


of  her  daughter.  So  the  children  were 
taken  under  Grandma  Osborn's  care 
and  shielded  as  far  as  possible  from 
the  storms  of  the  world. 

Grandma  Osborn  lived  in  a  basement 
which  was  divided  into  two  rooms  in 
a  large  tenement  building,  she  had 
very  little  furniture,  except  a  few  home 
made  pieces  that  were  left  there  by  the 
people  who  had  just  vacated  it.  The 
floors  were  bare  and  carpetless  but 
these  surroundings  were  in  no  wise  a 
hindrance  to  the  happiness  of  the  child- 
ren. They  were  happy  and  carefree 
and  loved  their  Grandmother  with  the 
deep  love  of  childhood.  Little  Frank 
was  the  only  one  of  the  three  who  went 
to  school.  While  yet  in  his  early  child- 
hood he  had  often  dreamed  of  becom- 
ing a  great  artist.  But  he  received 
very  little  if  any  encouragement  from 
his  Grandmother  because  she  knew  it 
would  take  a  large  sum  of  money  to 
send  him  throusrh  college,  which  would 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


be  necessary  if  his  wishes  were  ever 
realized.  She  often  felt  sorry  because 
she  could  not  do  more  for  him,  But 
Frank  was  ambitious  and  was  never 
satisfied  better  than  when  sitting  for 
hours  sketching  different  objects  in  the 
room,  or  something  he  had  seen  dur- 
ing the  day.  The  teacher  even  had 
some  trouble  with  him  at  school,  be- 
cause he  was  too  poor  to  buy  much 
paper  to  draw  on  and  many  times  he 
was  punished  for  sketching  on  his 
books  or  on  the  walls  when  he  thought 
he  was  not  seen. 

His  sisters  were  very  proud  of  their 
brother's  drawings,  but  Grandma  never 
paid  much  attention  to  his  drawings 
and  consequently  did  not  reailze  that 
the  child  was  doing  well  for  his  age, 
until  one  evening  when  he  came  home 
from  school  he  tossed  his  books  and 
slate  down  on  the  floor  and  then  took 
something  out  of  his  pocket  and  show- 
ed it  to  his  sisters.  Grandma  was  so 
busy  stirring  a  small  kettle  of  mush 
for  supper  that  she  did  not  notice  what 
he  had.  She  kept  on  stirring  the  mush 
for  about  five  minutes  and  not  hearing 
the  children  she  walked  to  the  door 
and  looked  into  the  other  room.  And 
this  is  what  she  saw :  Frank  was 
seated  on  an  old  wooden  bench  draw- 
ing something  on  the  door  while  his 
sisters  were  looking  on  with  great  in- 
terest. Upon  the  first  impulse  she  was 


about  to  scold  Frank  for  writing  on  the 
door,  but  something  made  her  hesitate, 
so  her  curiosity  got  the  best  of  her 
and  she  tip-toed  across  the  room  so 
she  could  see  the  picture  more  plainly. 
The  children  were  so  interested  in  the 
drawing  that  the}-  did  not  notice  her 
until  she  was  beside  them,  then  the 
oldest  sister  raised  her  hand  for  Grand- 
ma to  keep  silent  until  the  picture  was 
finished.  It  wa  only  a  few  minutes 
until  she  could  see  plainly  that  the 
picture  was  a  portrait  of  herself.  She 
was  surprised  and  amused  at  the  re- 
semblance of  the  picture  to  herself. 
You  may  guess  that  Frank  was  sur- 
prised to  find  Grandma  looking  at  him 
when  he  had  finished.  For  several 
days  Grandma  Osborn  thought  of  this 
drawing  and  finally  resolved  that 
Frank  should  have  a  chance  to  become 
an  artist  if  there  was  any  way  possible. 
She  knew  she  did  not  have  the  mon- 
ey to  give  him,  but  she  sacrificed  many 
things  for  herself  to  be  able  to  buy 
more  drawing  material  for  him.  Frank 
went  to  public  school  until  he  was  six- 
teen years  old.  During  his  last  year 
he  won  a  scholarship  which  entitled 
him  to  go  to  whatever  school  he  de- 
sired. The  following  fall  he  entered 
a  large  art  school  where  in  a  few  years 
his  own  as  well  as  his  Grandmother's 
hopes  were  realized. 


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A  Teacher's  Influence  Upon  Humanity. 


Alice  Reber  '17 


The  influence  a  teacher  has  upon  hu- 
manity can  hardly  be  estimated.  It 
can  be  compared  to  a  stone  thrown  in- 
to a  pond,  which  causes  a  wave  ring- 
let to  start  unconsciously  as  it  were. 
These  ringlets  start  others  that  will 
continue  on  and  on.  No  matter  how 
light  the  touch,  the  wave  rolls  on  for- 
ever. 

The  teacher  exerts  his  greatest  in- 
fluence upon  childhood.  He  is  the 
greatest  factor  next  to  the  home  in 
rearing  the  child.  When  the  child  has 
reached  the  age  of  six  he  is  sent  to 
school  where  the  teacher  is  supposed 
to  train  him  to  be  a  loyal  citizen.  Not 
only  is  the  teacher  supposed  to  train 
him  to  be  a  loyal  citizen  but  he  is  also 
supposed  to  train  him  mentally,  moral- 
ly and  socially. 

The  training  which  the  child  receiv- 
es in  obedience,  will  help  him  to  yield 
willing  obedience  to  law.  This  ready 
submission  to  law  is  one  of  man's  first 
duties  to  the  State  and  himself; 
hence  the  influence  the  teacher  has  in 
moulding  the  child  to  be  a  strong, 
moral,  and  obedient  character  is  great. 


The  teacher  also  plays  a  great  part 
in  moulding  the  opinion  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  casts  his  lot.  The 
community  will  have  much  to  give 
whether  it  be  a  small  rural  district,  or 
lies  in  the  heart  of  a  great  city.  The 
teacher  in  turn  will  have  abundant  op- 
portunity to  give  of  himself  for  the 
general  good.  He  is  looked  up  to  as 
the  main  source  of  information  in  the 
community.  So  the  ideals  which  he 
implants  to-day  will  become  the  reali- 
ties of  the  community  to-morrow,  be- 
cause they  regard  him  as  the  highest 
factor  in  the  community. 

From  the  community  where  the 
teacher  has  implanted  high  ideals  will 
come  the  men  who  will  be  put  at  the 
head  of  the  State  in  the  future. 
If  their  intellectual  powers  have  been 
rightly  trained  the  laws  will  be  in  ac- 
cordance with  their  noble  ideals. 

The  States  of  today  with  their  well- 
trained  and  developed  young  men  will 
become  the  nation  of  tomorrow.  There- 
fore, the  teacher  who  has  lived  "The 
Life"  back  of  his  teaching  has  an  end- 
less influence  upon  humanity. 


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The  Hen 


Nathan  Meyer. 


The  hen  is  a  biped.  Her  eyes  which 
are  about  the  size  of  a  squirrel's  eyes 
are  on  each  side  of  her  head. 

Her  beak  is  hard,  especially  at  the 
tip,  which  she  uses  to  procure  and 
crush  her  food. 

The  hen  wears  chothes  equally  as 
good,  if  not  better  than  people.  Her 
comb  on  her  head  might  be  called  her 
hat ;  her  feathers  the  coat ;  the  hard 
material  which  covers  her  legs,  the 
trousers ;  and  the  material  which  cov- 
ers her  feet,  the  shoes.  There  are, 
however,  two  main  differences  between 
a  man's  clothing  and  a  hen's  clothing. 
The  first  is,  that  she  can  not  change 
clothes  when  she  wants  to,  and  the 
second  is,  that  she  has  life  in  her  hat, 
and  in  part  of  her  coat. 

The  hen  always  likes  to  sleep  above 
the  ground  as  on  a  tree,  roost,  ladder 
and  the  like.     I  don't  know  whv  it  does 


this,  but  no  doubt  it  wants  to  stay 
above  the  line  (standard  of  conduct)  as 
we  are  taught  to  do  in  College. 

The  hen  eats  many  things,  as  stones, 
corn,  wheat,  vegetables,  etc.  It  does 
not  chew  its  food. 

The  enemies  of  a  hen  are  the  cat, 
hawk,  skunk  and  the  pig.  It  defends 
itself  by  ruffling  up  its  feathers,  by 
pecking,  and  by  scratching  and  some- 
times by  flying. 

She  calls  her  chicks  together  by 
making  several  sounds  in  her  larynx. 
When  she  sees  a  hawk  flying  and  com- 
ing near,  she  calls  her  chicks  together, 
and  covers  them  with  her  wings,  and 
then  with  her  head  bent  t3  the  side, 
and  her  one  eye  looking  toward  the 
hawk,  she  seems  to  say  to  the  hawk, 
(like  Pocahontas  said  to  Powhatan) 
you  will  have  to  kill  me  first  before 
vou  can  kill  mv  chicks. 


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How  Lincoln  Helped  a  Pig. 


John   Hollinger. 


Abraham  Lincoln  was  a  good,  kind 
man.  One  day  he  was  driving  along 
the  road,  and  saw  a  pig  in  a  mud  hole 
that  could  not  get  out. 

It  was  the  first  time  he  had  his  new 
suit  on,  and  he  was  not  quite  willing  to 
help  the  pig  out,  so  he  just  drove  ahead 


Death  of  Jesse  Ziegler 

We  are  indeed  sorry  to  report  the 
death  of  our  fellow  student,  Mr.  Jesse 
K.  Ziegler  of  Rehrersburg.  Mr.  Zieg- 
ler was  taken  ill  on  Wednesday,  Feb- 
ruary 21.  At  first  it  was  thought  he 
was  suffering  from  diphtheria.  He 
was  removed  to  the  Lebanon  Hospital 
on  Friday,  February  23.  Here  his  dis- 
ease was  found  to  be  scarlet  fever  and 
on  Sunday  morning  he  succumbed  to 
the  disease.  His  death  was  a  great 
shock  to  his  many  friends  on  College 
Hill  for  although  we  realized  he  was 


but  this  was  resting  upon  his  mind, 
so.  he  turned  around,  and  went  back 
to  help  the  pig. 

First  he  put  a  rail  in  the  mud,  and 
then  stood  on  the  rail  to  help  the  pig 
out.  When  he  had  the  pig  out  his  new 
suit  was  all  muddy. 


ill,  we  expected  his  re'covery.  Mr. 
Ziegler  was  a  very  studious  young 
man  and  ranked  well  in  his  classes. 
This  was  his  second  year  at  Elizabeth- 
town  College.  This  is  the  first  death 
of  a  student  while  at  school  in  our  his- 
tory. Mr.  Ziegler  was  buried  on  Feb- 
ruary 27.  He  is  survived  by  his  pa- 
rents as  well  as  several  brothers  and 
sisters.  Mr.  Ziegler  was  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  the  Brethren.  "Our 
College  Times"  extends  their  sympa- 
thy to  the  bereaved  family. 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


How  Margery  Whitcomb  Found  Her  Pearls. 


Ruth  Reber. 


"Margery*"  called  Mrs.  Whitcomb  as 
Margery  was  leaving  for  school  one 
morning,  ''do  you  have  your  pearls? 
Take  them  to  Tiffany's  and  get  that 
clasp  fixed."  '"Yes  I  have  them, — 
goodbye."  answered  Margery  as  she 
hurried  down  the  steps  of  her  pretty 
home.  She  had  taken  her  music  les- 
son that  morning  and  was  a  little  late. 
She  reached  the  cloakroom  just  as  the 
first  bell  was  ringing  and  was  in  her 
seat  at  the  second  ringing  of  the  gong. 

That  noon  as  Margery  and  some  of 
her  chums  were  going:  home  to  lunch- 
eon Margery  said  to  them.  "Girls  I 
have  to  go  into  Tiffany's ;  will  you  go 
along."  "Surely."  they  answered  in 
unison  and  they  all  went  into  the  great 
jewelry  store.  Margery  reached  in 
her  pocket  and  drew  out  the  small 
dark  green  velvet  box  into  which  she 
had  put  the  pearls  that  morning.  She 
opened  it  and  was  going  to  hand  the 
pearls  to  the  clerk  when  her  cry  start- 
led the  crowd.  "Oh  !  my  pearls  !  they 
aren't  here.  I'm  sure  I  put  them  here 
this  morning.  I  must  have  lost  them," 
and  it  required  a  great  effort  on  her 
part  to  keep  back  the  tears.  The 
girls  sympathized  with  her  and  said 
some  one  must  have  taken  them.  "Oh 
no."  cried  Margery.  "I  don't  see  how 
they  could  have.  I  was  the  last  one  in 
this  mornino-  and  the  first  one  out  in 
the  cloak  room  this  dinner;  cause  don't 
you  know  I  sit  in  the  first  row.  And 
besides  girls,  don't  blame  anyone  un- 
til you  are  sure  who  it  is."  When  her 
mother  was  told  she  said.  "Of  course 


it's  too  bad,  but  don't  blame  anyone 
until  you  are  sure  who  did  it.  Per- 
haps you  didn't  put  them  in  the  box 
after  all  and  they  are  safe  here  in  the 
house."  But  a  thorough  search  did 
not  reveal  the  beads,  and  the  matter 
was   dropped. 

One  spring  afternoon  two  years  lat- 
er her  mother  said  to  her.  "Margery 
you  remember  that  dark  blue  coat  of 
yours.  Well,  you  know,  the  wrong 
side  is  just  like  new,  and  it  is  so  pretty 
I  hate  to  throw  it  away.  I  think  I'll 
rip  it  and  turn  it  and  make  it  over  for 
Eleanor  for  school.  (Eleanor  was 
Margery's  younger  sister.)  Xo  one 
will  recognize  it.  and  it  is  so  pretty." 

"Yes.  do.  I'll  help  for  I  have  nothing 
pressing  to  do  this  afternoon  and  I  do 
love  to  sew." 

So  they  ripped  the  beautiful  blue 
coat  and  while  they  were  ripping  it, 
Margery  said.  "You  know,  mother, 
this  is  the  coat  I  wore  the  day  I  lost 
Great-grandmother  Crofton's  pearls. 
Why  look,  mother,  here  they  are." 
And  there  between  the  lining  and  the 
material  of  the  coat  were  the  long 
lost  pearls.  They  had  slipoed  out  of 
the  box  which  Margery  in  her  hurry 
had  not  closed  carefully  and  slipped 
thru  a  small  rip  in  the  lining  of  her 
pocket,  and  there  they  remained  for 
two  years  safe  in  the  lining  of  the  coat. 

"Well/'  laughed  Margery.  "They 
certainly  were  good  pearls  for  that 
coat  has  been  soaked  with  rain  and 
snow  many  a  time.  I  guess  I'll  go  and 
pay  that  delayed  visit  to  Tiffany's  and 
see  whether  they  can  fix  the  clasp." 


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Three    Great    Lessons 

"There  are  three  lessons  I  would  write 
Three  words  as  with  a  burning  pen, 

In  tracings  of  eternal  light, 
Upon  the  hearts  of  men. 

"Have  Hope.     Though  clouds  environ 
now, 
And   gladness   hides     her     face     in 
scorn, 
Put  thou  the  shadow  from  the  brow — 
No  nigfht  but  hath  its  morn." 


How  true  it  is  that  "hope  springs 
eternal  in  the  human  breast."  It 
abides  with  the  weary,  the  disconso- 
late, and  the  sorrowing.  "Hope  on, 
hope  ever,"  brings  rest  to  the  feverish 
pillow,  comfort  to  the  broken  heart, 
and  turns  shadows  into  sunshine. 

But  there  are  many  times  in  life 
when  hope  seems  almost  tq.  fail.  There 
are  heavy  burdens  to  carry ;  longings 
unsatisfied  ;  prayers  seemingly  unans- 
wered ;  the  reaction  after  long  hours 
of  work;  the  long  wakeful  hours  when 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


troubles  look  like  mountains; — there 
are  these  things  and  others  like  them 
beyond  number.  And  hope  seems  to 
have  gone  out  entirely.  But  not  so, 
it  springs  up  into  new  life  and  the  dis- 
couraged soul  begins  to  see  the  rain- 
bow after  the  clouds.  Is  it  Diogenes 
who  says  that  hope  is  the  last  thing 
that  dies  in  man? 

An  old  writer  says,  "all  discourage- 
ment is  from  the  devil."     Life  is  made 
up  of  sunshine  and  shadow.  None  can 
expect  to  escape  the  latter  but  should 
encounter  it  with  a  brave  spirit.  How- 
ever dark  the  day  may  be     see  sun- 
shine in  the  morrow. 
"Have   Faith.     Where-er     the   barque 
is  driven 
The   calm's     disport,     the     tempest 
mirth 
Know   this :    God   rules   the     host     of 
heaven, 
The  inhabitants  of  earth." 
We  are  so  inclined  to  think  of  faith 
as  a  very  complex  thing  when  in  real- 
ity it  is  so  simple  that  it  is  hard  to  ex- 
plain.    It  is  simply  believing  that  when 
God  says  He  will  do  a  thing  that  He 
will   keep   His   word.     How   often   we 
exercise  faith  in  one  day !     Have  you 
ever  stopped  to  think?  How  constant- 
ly  mothers   trust   their  babies   to   the 
care  of  nurses  with  no  anxiety  what- 
ever !     We  trust  our  health  and  even 
our  lives  daily,  without  fear,  to  cooks, 
chauffers,    engineers,    conductors    and 
all  sorts  of  paid  servants  who  if  they 
choose  to  do  so,  or  even  failed  in  care- 
fulness might  plunge  us  into  death  in 
a  moment.     We  trust  the  slightest  ac- 
quaintance and  do  not  think  it  in  the 
least  remarkable.     We  do  this  contin- 
ually.    W'e   trust   our   fellowmen     im- 
plicitly.    But  how  often  do  say  by  our 


manner,  if  not  in  word,  that  we  can- 
not trust  our  God?  We  say  we  lack 
faith.  If  we  finish  the  sentence  we 
must  say— "in   God." 

There  are  two  things  utterly  incom- 
patible— trust  and  worry.  "It  is  not 
hard,  you  find,  to  trust  the  manage- 
ment of  the  universe  to  Him,  and  of 
all  the  outward  creation.  Can  your 
case  then  be  so  much  more  complex 
and  difficult  than  these,  that  you  need 
to  be  anxious  or  troubled  over  His 
management  of  you?  You  have  trust- 
ed Him  in  a  few  things,  and  He  has 
not  failed  you.  Trust  Him  now  for 
everything,  and  see  if  He  does  not  do 
for  you  exceeding  abundantly,  above 
all  that  you  could  ever  have  asked  or 
even  thought,  not  according  to  your 
power  or  capacity,  but  according  to 
His  own  mighty  power,  working  in 
you  all  the  good  pleasure  of  His  most 
blessed  will." 

"Have  Love.     Not  love  alone  for  one, 
But  man  as  man  thy  brother  call, 
And  scatter  like  the  circling  sun 

Thy  charities  on  all." 

"Now  abideth  these  three,  Faith, 
Hope,  Love ;  but  the  greatest  of  these 
is  Love."  What  a  world  we  would 
have  if  there  were  no  love  in  it.  Love 
is  the  biggest  factor  in  the  world's 
happiness.  Are  we  beginning  to  real- 
ize that  if  we  would  have  men  better 
and  happier  we  must  resort  to  that 
grandest  of  all  forces?  Methods  of 
love  and  gentleness  are  never  known 
to  fail  in  dealing  with  humankind.  A 
method  directed  by  love  does  not  pro- 
duce resistance  and  never  makes  men 
worse,  but  in  every  case  better.  Love 
is  always  an  elevating  and  civilizing 
influence. 

"There  is  nothing  so  kingly  as  kind- 


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ness."  Kindness  to  others  draws  out 
the  best  that  is  their  natures.  It  dis- 
arms resistance  and  melts  the  hardest 
heart..  The  law  of  love  and  kindness 
is  effective  not  only  between  individ- 
uals but  between  nations  as  well.  The 
war  in  Europe  is  not  the  result  of  a 
great  charity  existing  between  the 
contending  nations  but  rather  of  the 
lack  of  any  feeling  of  brotherliness. 
If  the  law  of  love  becomes  the  law  of 
the  world,  future  generations  will 
come  to  regard  war  as  a  crime  too  hor- 
rible to  be  perpetrated. 

"Love,"  says  Emerson,  "would  put 
a  new  face  on  this  weary  old  world, 
in  which  we  dwell  as  pagans  and  ene- 
mies too  long;  and  it  would  warm  the 
heart  to  see  how  fast  the' vain  diplo- 
macy of  statesmen,  the  impotence  of 
armies  and  navies,  and  lines  of  defense 
would  be  superseded  by  this  unarmed 
child.  Love  will  creep  where  it  can- 
not go ;   will   accomplish   that,  by  im- 


perceptible methods — being  its  own 
fulcrum,  lever  and  power — which 
force  could  never  achieve,  -  -  -  - 
But  one  day  all  men  will  be  lovers,  and 
every  calamity  will  be  dissolved  in  the 
universal  sunshine." 

"What  a  power  is  that  of  love !  The 
world  would  be  poor  without  it.  Let 
love  burn  ;  let  it  toil  and  weep.  It  is 
sunshine  and  beauty.  It  is  the  highest 
glory  of  any  life." 
"Thus  grave  three  lessons  on  thy  soul, 

Faith,    Hope,    and    Love — and    thou 
shalt  find 
Strength  when  life's  surges  rudest  roll, 

Light  when  thou  else  wert  blind." 

—  Schiller. 


These  short  articles  with  two  ex- 
ceptions which  we  have  published  this 
month  are  productions  of  the  Gram- 
mar classes  even  the  C  class  being  rep- 
resented. We  may  expect  great 
things  from  next  year's  Rhetoric  Class. 


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Spring  Term  Announcement. 


Spring  Term  of  twelve  weeks  opens 
at  Elizabethtown  College  on  March  26. 
This  term  offers  excellent  opportuni- 
ties to  teachers  of  the  Public  Schools 
and  to  those  who  have  been  pupils  in 
the  Public  Schools,  to  take  up  advanc- 
ed studies  or  continuing  the  common 
school  branches  under  thoroughly 
competent  and  experienced  teachers. 
The  standards  of  the  teaching  profes- 
sion are  continually  being  raised  and 
l.^ing  made  more  exacting,  and  Eliza- 
bethtown College  aims  to  assist  those 
preparing  to  teach  to  meet  the  more 
exacting  requirements. 

Professional  studies  for  teachers, 
taught  during  the  Spring  Term  con- 
sist of  the  following :  Elementary  Peda- 
g'  igy,  School  Hygiene,  Physiological 
Pedagogics,  Methodology,  System  of 
Education,  and  Philosophy  of  Teach- 
ing. The  following  higher  branches: 
Higher  Arithmetic,  Latin,  German, 
English  History,  Etymology,  Physical 
Geograghy,  and  Bookkeeping. 

The  Spring  Term  is  an  opportune 
time  for  high  school  graduates  to  en- 
ter upon  a  professional  course  in  teach- 
er-training or  to  complete  the  require- 
ments for  entrance  on  a  regular  Col- 
lege Coure.  Elizabethtown  College  in- 
vites High  School  graduates  and  oth- 
ers who  are  thinking  of  taking  up  the 
College  Course  to  investigate  our  ad- 
vantages    which     compare     favorably 


with  older  institutions  of  learning. 
The  small  Christian  College  offers  un- 
excelled advantages  to  all  who  are 
thinking  of  preparing  for  Christian 
work  in  the  Ministry  or  mission  fields. 

Teachers  who  are  preparing  for  the 
examination  for  professional  or  per- 
manent certificates  will  also  be  accom- 
modated during  the  Spring  Term. 

The  Commercial  department  of  the 
school  extends  a  cordial  welcome  to 
High  School  graduates  to  enter  upon 
an  excellent  course  of  study  leading 
to  a  commercial  diploma.  We  can 
offer  excellent  advantages  for  secur- 
ing a  commercial  education  such  as  a 
purely  commercial  school  cannot  give. 
Among  these  advantages  are :  small 
classes,  thorough  instruction,  modern 
methods,  wholesome  moral,  and  reli- 
gious influences,  personal  contact  with 
inspiring  teachers,  facilities  of  a  liter- 
ary society,  and  moderate  rates  of  tui- 
tion. 

Instruction  in  the  following  depart- 
ments is  also  available  for  Spring 
Term :  Music.  Art,  Agriculture,  Bible 
and  Sewing. 

Those  interested  in  taking  courses  of 
superior  school  advantages  should 
send  for  the  Annual  catalogue  of  the 
school,  and  make  immediate  applica- 
tion for  a  room.  Additional  informa- 
tion will  be  cheerfully  furnished  upon 
application  to  the  President. 


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How  fast  the  time  is  passing  Spring 
Term  will  be  here  before  we  know  it. 
That  means  tennis,  walks,  etc.,  as  well 
as  a  general  rush  of  work. 

We  are  afraid  that  our  Spring  Term 
attendance  of  teachers  will  be  some 
what  crippled  because  school  started 
so  late  in  the  fall. 

On  January  25  Prof.  Wampler,  a 
former  teacher,  conducted  our  Chapel 
exercises.  He  gave  us  a  short  talk 
also. 

Miss  Helen  Oellig,  who  has  been 
home  for  a  few  weeks  resting  is  again 
back  on  the  Hill. 

Prof.  Myer  has  secured  leave  of  ab- 
sence in  order  to  take  up  work  at  Co- 
lumbia University. 

Miss  Bertha  L-andis  who  had  been 
ill  has  again  taken  up  her  work  on  Col- 
lege Hill. 

Miss  Eshelman  reading  in  Public 
Speaking— "With  wan,  'Weaver-ed' 
face  tenderly  lifted  to  the  cooling 
breeze" — Miss    Eshelman    some     how 


can  not  get  him  off  her  mind. 

Miss  Bucher  to  Miss  Withers— "Say,- 
Lydia,  she'll  wither  you  with  a  look."' 

Miss  Withers— "She  can't,  I'm  al- 
ready Withered." 

Miss  Byers  visited  Prof,  and  Mrs.  I. 
J.  Kreider  in  Bainbridge  recently. 

Miss  Martha  Albright,  a  sewing  stu- 
dent, has  finished  her  course.  Accord- 
ingly she  returned  to  her  home  near 
Mechanicsburg.  We  hope  she  is  not 
Abel  to  stay  away  from  the  hill  Long. 

Mr.  A.  C.  Baugher  spent  the  week- 
end of  February  16,  in  Montgomery 
county. 

The  General  Education  Board  of  the 
Church  of  the  Brethren  visited  us  on 
February  14.  The  Board  was  repre- 
sented by  Eld.  J.  H.  B.  Williams  of 
Elgin,  111.,  and  Eld.  Garver  of  Ohio. 
Eld.  Williams  conducted  Chapel  exer- 
cises for  us,  then  he  gave  a  very  help- 
ful talk  on  "The  Folks  Back  Home." 
In  the  evening  they  addressed  the  Vol- 
unteer Band  and  the  Prayer  Meeting. 


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Later  in  the  evening  they  met  with  the 
teachers  and  trustees  to  discuss  school 
affairs.  We  feel  very  much  helped  by 
their  visit. 

Among  the  trustees  who  were  here 
on  February  14,  we  note  the  following : 
Elds.  J.  W.  G.  Hershey,  Rufus  Bucher, 
J.  H.  Keller,  S.  H.  Hertzler;  Brethren 
Amos  Longenecker,  J.  H.  Eshelman. 

Miss  Sara  T.  Mover  is  now  in  St. 
Petersburg,  Florida.  Miss  Moyer  is 
enjoying  the  beauties  of  the  flower 
land  and  is  improving  in  health. 

Several  mid-winter  classes  have  been 
formed  within  the  past  several  weeks 
on  Ethics,  Solid  Geometry. 

Messrs.  Ezra  and  Nathan  Meyer 
spent  February  11  at  their  home  in 
Lebanon  County. 

Messrs.  Henry  and  John  Hershey 
attended  a  birthday  dinner  given  in 
honor  of  their  father  at  their  home, 
February  6. 

Mr.  John  Sherman  has  returned  to 
College  Hill  after  a  short  illness. 

A  very  delightful  Valentine  Social 
was  held  in  Music  Hall,  Saturday 
Evening,  February  10,  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  Social  Committee.  A  very 
novel  way  of  finding  one's  partner  was 
t>y  the  "path  of  hearts."  D.  Markey 
was  awarded  first  prize  for  composing 
the  best  original  verse  about  Valentine. 
Abel  Long  won  the  "booby"  prize,  a 
set  of  blocks.  Light  refreshments 
were  served  during  which  time  toasts 
were  given,  John  F.  Graham  being 
toastmaster.  The  Social  Committee 
deserves  credit  for  their  efforts  in  our 
behalf. 

Recently,  the  editor,  had  the  oppor- 
tunity of  visiting  the  Conestoga  School 
Lancaster  county,  taught  by  one  of  our 


former  sudents,  Miss  Ruth  Taylor. 
Miss  Taylor  teaches  forty-five  young 
hopefuls.  Quite  enough  to  keep  her 
busy.  But  she  is  up  to  the  task  and 
we  believe  is  very  successful  in  her 
work. 

"Prof.  Harley  is  coming  back."  This 
delightful  announcement  was  given  to 
the  students.  And  sure  enough,  Mon- 
day, February  12,  Professor  came  in 
time  for  breakfast.  He  is  assuming 
some  of  the  work  of  Prof  Myer. 

Mrs.  Luther  Leiter  visited  her 
daughter,  Kathryn,  February  3-5. 

Miss  Brenisholtz  was  heard  to  ex- 
claim the  other  day,  "Well,  I've  shed 
more  tears  over  cats  than  I  have  over 
human  beings." 

A  crow,  mounted  by  Mr.  Fogelsang- 
er,  was  presented  to  the  museum.  At 
present  it  is  serving  as  a  model  for 
the  drawing  class. 

"Miss  Leiter,  do  you  like  to  sew?" 

"Why,  yes." 

"Do  you  like  to  make  'shirts'?" 

(Blushing  furiously)  "Of  course  I 
do." 

Eld.  David  Kilhefner  of  Ephrata, 
visited  his  daughter.  Ruth,  February 
14.  He  also  attended  the  meeting  of 
the  trustees. 

Miss  Alice  Reber's  favorite  book— 
"Just  David." 

Dr.  Reber  with  Dr.  D.  W.  Kurtz, 
President  of  McPherson  College,  visit- 
ed Mt.  Morris,  Manchester  and  Beth- 
any Bible  School,  February  16-22. 
They  were  the  representatives  of  the 
General  Educational  Board  of  the 
Church  of  the  Brethren,  delegated  to 
visit  these  schools. 

Miss  Kathryn  Leiter  spent  February 
16-19  at  ner  home  in  Greencastle,  Pa. 


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Favorite  Songs  On  College  Hill. 

Miss  Burkhart — "What  a  'Baum' 
ior  the  weary." 

Miss  Eshelman — "He  is  'Abel'  still 
to  deliver  me."" 

Miss  Sallie  Miller— "We  shall  see 
the  'King'  some  day." 

Miss  Bucher — "Ich  wollte  ein  'Engle' 
:sein." 

Daffodils. 

If  Henry  Hershey  tore  his  shoe 
"would  Clarence  "Ebersole"  it? 

It  Mr.  Weaver  became  angry  would 
Arthur  "Beet 'em?" 

If  Mr.  Copeland  and  Mr.  Altland 
went  canoeing  would  Mr.  "Cope"  or 
•"Alt"    land? 

During  a  discussion  on  Slavery  in 
the  History  class  Miss  Dohner  said, 
""A  ceertain  dealer  advertised  fifty 
slaves  for  sale,  of  whon  some  were 
mules." 

Mr.  Clyde  Bonebrake  of  Waynes- 
boro, and  Miss  Helen  Kline  of  Lan- 
caster, visited  Miss  Mildred  Bonebrake 
February    10. 

Misses  Margaret  Oellig  and  Edith 
Arnold  have  resumed  their  duties  on 
'College  Hill  after  being  ill  with  the 
measles. 

Several  of  the  girls  were  discussing 
the  seating  in  the  dining  room  when 
Miss  Withers  exclaimed,  "Why  out  at 
Juniata  we  sat  all  over  the  table." 

Miss  Reber,  at  the  table — "I  would- 
n't like  to  teach  longer  than  two  years." 

Mr.  Shaak — "Then  you  wouldn  t 
get  a  pension." 

Mr.  Meyer — "Perhaps  she  would 
get  a  pension  then  already." 

"The  Value  of  Physical  Culture" 
was  the  subject  of  a  Chapel  talk  given 
recently  by  Mjss  Gertrude  Miller. 


Mr.  Long  wore  a  broad  smile  on 
Valentine   Day.     We  wonder  why. 

Miss  Longenecker  to  Miss  B — "Isn't 
it  true  that  the  best  of  friends  must 
part?  But  si  ill  I  get  tired  of  all  these 
social  privileges." 

Miss  Burkhart — "I  get  tired  of  them 
too." 

A  series  of  Evangelistic  services 
opened  in  the  Church  of  the  Brethren, 
February  18th.  The  services  are  in 
charge  of  Eld.  B.  F.  Petry,  an  experi- 
enced evangelist  of  Eaton,  Ohio. 

Prof.,  to  Mr.  Shaak— "Mr.  Shaak, 
what  is  the  capital  of  Paraguay?" 

Mr.  Shaak— "Ascension  Day." 

Dr.  Reber— "Mr  Hershey,  what  do 
you  mean  by  plasticity?" 

Mr.  J.  Hershey — "Plasticity  means 
being  able  to  stretch." 

Mr.  Henry  Wenger  visited  at  home 
a  few  days. 

Mr.  Baum  to  Mr.  Y.— "Mr.  Young, 
how  did  you  enjoy  your  walk  with 
Miss  B.  this  afternoon?" 

Mr.  Young — "I  was  glad  when  I  was 
back  at  school  again." 

Professors  Ober  and  Schlosser  con- 
ducted a  two-day  Bible  Institute  at  the 
Mechanic  Grove  church,  February  10, 
and   ii. 

Mr.  Melvin  Shissler  was  called 
home  to  attend  the  funeral  of  his  sis- 
ter-in-law, who  died  suddenly  in  the 
Allentown  Hospital. 

Prof.  H.  A.  Via  gave  us  a  Chapel 
talk  on  "What  is  expected  of  me  as  a 
student  of  Elizabethtown  College," 
On  February  19th. 

o 

Homerian  Notes 

The    regular    public    session    of    the 


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Hamerian  Society  held  in  Music  Hall, 
at  8  o'clock,  January  26,  1917,  was  a 
splendid  beginning  for  the  New  Year, 
a  promise  of  good  programs  to  follow. 

The  meeting  was  promptly  called  to 
order  by  Speaker,  David  Markey  and 
asked  to  unite  in  prayer  by  Chaplain, 
L.  W.  Leiter,  whose  few  words  were 
well  suited  to  the  occasion. 

The  Roll  Call  by  the  Secretary,  Miss 
Bucher,  showed  a  goodly  number  of 
the  members  present.  The  Minutes 
were  then  read  and  approved. 

A  recitation,  picturing  an  old  village 
gossip,  given  in  a  decidedly  realistic 
manner  by  Mrs.  Via.  was  welcomed 
by  the  audience  as  a  fitting  opening 
number. 

"William  Tell."  the  second  entertain- 
ment on  the  program,  proved  a  very  in- 
teresting musical  selection  and  the  per- 
formers. Misses  Viola  Withers  and 
Ruth  Bucher  deserve  warm  praise  for 
their  number.  As  an  encore  they  gave 
the  delightful  and  familiar  "Melody  in 
F"  in  a  pleasing  manner. 

The  debate  concerning  the  justice 
of  the  literacy  test  for  immigrants  was 
postponed  until  February  23  because 
of  the  illness  of  the  one  of  the  speak- 
ers. 

The  feature  of  the  program  was  ren- 
dered by  Mr.  John  Graham,  "A  House 
Divided  Against  Itself"  by  Lincoln. 
The  declamation  was  given  sincerely 
and  earnestly  and  won  for  the  speak- 
er the  praise  of  really  interpreting 
Lincoln.  It  was  even  remarked  by 
some  that  he  favors  "Honest  Abe." 

Professor  R.  W.  Schlosser  again 
made  the  critic's  remarks  in  his  usual 
kindly  and  helpful  way. 

The  Speaker's  retiring  address,  "The 
Art    of    Conversation"      was   a    timelv 


one, — well  composed  and  well  deliver- 
ed. 

When  Society  had  adjourned,  a 
pleasant  half  hour  was  spent  in  just 
being  social. 

Keystone  Society  Notes. 

How  many  new  members  did  you 
succeed  in  getting  to  join  the  K.  L.  S.?' 
I  believe  it  is  the  wish  of  every  Key- 
stoner  to  express  to  Prof.  Schlosser  a 
vote  of  appreciation  for  the  splendid 
talk  he  gave  in  the  interest  of  the  Key- 
stone Society.  A  talk  of  this  sort 
should  certainly  be  an  inspiration  to 
old  as  well  as  new  members  of  the 
society.  Those  of  you  who  have  not 
yet  joined  this  society,  do  you  know 
you  are  missing  a  good  part  of  your 
school  life  by  not  being  a  member  of 
this  society?  The  school  year  is  now 
over  half  gone  and  with  it  many  oppor- 
tunities which  might  have  been  yours 
to  enjoy  and  profit  by  had  you  been  a 
member.  Why  not  join  the  Society 
now  and  thus  make  your  Spring  Term' 
the  most  enjoyable  and  profitable  of 
the  School  Year? 

Since  Music  Hall,  the  regular  So- 
ciety Hall  proved  to  be  too  small  for 
our  many  friends,  the  public  session 
of  January  19th  was  held  in  the  Col- 
lege Chapel. 

The  orogram  rendered  was  as  fol- 
lows: Music,  "Rock  of  Ages"— Ladies 
Quartette ;  Recitation,  "The  Conquer- 
or"— Lydia  Withers ;  Essay,  "True 
Onalities  of  a  Poet."— Sallie  Miller; 
Music,  "My  Tens  I  Love  Thee"— Male 
Quartette ;  The  address  on  "Service" 
by  Eld.  AY.  S.  Long  was  very  helpful 
and  much  appreciated.  The  closing 
feature  was  a  Literary  Echo  by  Inez 
E.  Bvers. 


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The  Society  met  in  public  session 
February  2nd.  The  newly  elected  offi- 
cers were  inaugurated  as  follows: — 
President,  Henry  Wenger;  Vice  Presi- 
dent. Abel  Long;  Secretary,  Inez  E. 
Byers ;  Critic,  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlosser. 

Mr,  Wenger's  inaugural  address  on 
the  subject  "Looking  Back,  Around 
and  Ahead"  showed  solendid  prepara- 
tion and  was  well  given.  The  follow- 
ing program  was  then  rendered :  Mu- 
sic, "Kind  Words  Can  Never  Die" — - 
Society ;  Referred  Question,  "What  is 
the  Origin  and  Superstition  of  Ground 
Hog  Day?" — Abel  Long;,  who  substi- 
tuted for  Melvin  Shissler ;  Recitation, 
"Jem's  Last  Ride" — Phebe  Longen- 
ecker  ;  Piano  Solo,  "Idillio" — Kathryn 
Leiter ;  Question  Box — Mr.  A.  C. 
Baughre  ;  Essay,  "Teachers  Influence 
upon  Humanity" — Alice  Reber;  Music, 
""De  Conpa'  Moon" — Male  Quartette. 

A  public  program  was  rendered  in 
Music  Hall.  Friday  night,  February  9, 
1917  The  first  feature  was  a  selection 
of  music  "The  Old  Oaken  Bucket"  by 
the  Society ;  This  was  folloded  by  a 
Declamation  entitled  "Courage"  by 
Isaac  Taylor.  In  the  Debate  "Resolv- 
ed, That  the  United  States  should 
adopt  a  military  system  that  would 
provide  training  for  all  her  male  citi- 
zens." the  negative  side  defended  by 
Charles  Young  and  Abel  Long  won 
over  the  affirmative  side  taken  by 
Bard  Kreider  and  Henry  Wenger.  The 
Piano  Solo  entitled  "Mignomme"  by 
Anna  Ruth  Eshelman  was  enjoyed  by 
every  one.  Mr.  Ezra  Wenger  gave  us 
some  valuable  suggestions  for  talking 
on  our  feet,  in  his  Impromptu  Speech. 
The  Literarv  Echo  by  Miss  Bertha 
Landis  deserves  mention  as  a  good 
model,   since   it   showed  such   splendid 


preparation  and  was  given  so  well.  A 
pretty  Vocal  Duet  by  Mrs.  Via  and  R. 
E.  Zug  closed  this  evening's  program. 

Athletics, 

On  the  evening  of  February  9th  the 
Owls  met  the  Cubs  in  a  game  which 
would  seem  one  sided,  but  is  was  not. 
When  the  game  started  each  seemed 
to  have  a  splendid  chance  to  win  the 
game.  This  did  not  last  long  for  soon 
the  Owls  had  secured  a  safe  margin  on 
the  Cubs.  The  final  score  was  22 — 8 
favor  the  Owls.  Following  is  the 
score : 

Summary :  Fair  Goals  ,  Weaver  4, 
Taylor,  Graham  2,  J.  Hershey,  Eber- 
sole  2,  H.  Hershey.  Foul  Goals,  Tay- 
lor 6,  H.  Hershey  2.  Time  of  halves, 
20  minutes.  Scorer,  Kreider.  Referee 
Zug. 

The  following  week  on  the  16th  was 
seen  one  of  the  hardest  and  roughest 
games  of  the  season,  so  far.  It  seem- 
ed as  if  each  were  contending  for  the 
game  with  all  their  might.  After  40 
minutes  of  hard  play  intermingled 
v  ith  several  sharp  glances  the  Jeffs 
beat  the  Mutts  by  the  score  of  23-19. 
Following  is  the  line-up : 

Summary :  Fair  Goals,  Weaver  2,  H. 
Hershey  2,  Graham  3,  Ebersole  3, 
Shaak  2,  J.  Hershey  2,  Landis.  Foul 
Goals,  H.  Hershey  9;  Ebersole  3.  Re- 
feree, Zug.  Scorer,  Long.  Time  of 
halves,  20  minutes. 

The  ladies  have  been  making  much 
improvement  during  the  last  month. 
They  have  put  more  confidence  into 
their  playing.  They  play  as  if  there 
were  something  to  win.  They  are  to 
be  complimented  on  the  type  of  play- 
ing they  have  done  lately.  We  shall 
give  you  their  score  below  of  the  game 
played  on  the  13th.  The  chief  star  of 
the  game  was  Miss  Dohner,  who  caged 
eleven  fairs. 

Summary:  Fair  Goals,  Longenecker 
5,  Sauder  3,  Dohner  11,  Eckert.  Foul 
Goals,  Sauder,  Eckert.  Referee,  G. 
Miller.     Time    of   halves,    15    minutes. 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


Mr.  C.  M.  Neff  '08,  has  accepted  a 
position  in  Lititz,   Pa. 

Miss  Ruth  Bucher  '16  is  spending  a 
few  days  at  her  home  in  Montgomery 
Co. 

Miss  Sara  T.  Moyer  '13  is  spending 
some  time  in  Florida  in  the  hope  of 
fully  regaining  her  health.  We  ex- 
tend to  her  our  best  wishes  for  a 
speedy  recovery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Glasmire  '10 
have  presented  the  Music  Department 
of  Elizabethtown  College  with  a  beau- 
tiful music  cabinet.  Miss  Brenisholtz 
says  that  it  is  not  only  useful  but  adds 
much  to  the  attractiveness  of  the 
room. 

Mr.  L.  D.  Rose  '12  last  year  inau- 
gurated an  oratorical  contest  on  Col- 
lege Hill.  Last  year  the  contest  took 
place  during  Commencement  Week. 
This  year  the  contest  will  take  place 
on  Friday  evening,  April  28.  The 
prizes  are  as  follows:  First  prize  $10; 
Second  prize  $5 ;  Third  prize  honor- 
able mention. 

We  extend  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E. 
Glasmire  '10  our  heartiest  congratula- 
tions on  the  birth  of  a  little  daughter, 
Charlotte  Mary. 


Resolutions  of  Sympathy. 

Whereas,  The  Death  Angel  has  call- 
ed to  his  reward  Mr.  Jesse  K.  Ziegler, 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Ziegler  of 
Rehrersburg,  Berks  County,  Pa.,  who 
was  a  faithful  and  industrious  student 
of  Elizabethtown  College, 

Be  it  resolved, 

First,  That  we  the  teachers  and  stu- 
dents of  our  College  express  our  sor- 
row and  deepest  sympathy  to  the  be- 
reft family  and  all  near  friends. 

Second,  That  we  as  a  school  family 
together  with  Mr.  Ziegler's  family  be 
encouraged  to  find  comfort  in  the  hope 
that  our  brother  Jesse  is  now,  "Face 
to  face  with  his  Redeemer"  in  the 
world  where  there  can  be  no  more 
pain,  nor  sorrow,  nor  tears. 

Third,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolu- 
tions be  sent  to  the  parents  of  the  de- 
ceased and  that  they  be  published  in- 
"Our  College  Times"  and  Lebanon 
"News"  and  Reading  "Eagle." 

Elizabeth   Myer 
Lore  Brenisholtz 
A.  C.  Baugher. 

Committee- 


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We  are  noticing  that  quite  a  few 
papers  are  decreasing  in  size.  Is  it 
due  to  the  increase  in  the  cost  of  pa- 
per? Perhaps  this  could  be  remedied 
by  increasing  the  number  of  advertise- 
ments. This  is  work  for  the  business 
managers.  We  admit  that  this  is  a 
condition  that  makes  the  work  of  the 
staff  more  difficult. 

Not  a  few  February  issues  have 
made  their  appearance  on  the  table. 
We  wish  to  congratulate  these  editors 
for  their  promptness.  At  the  same 
time  we  do  not  fail  to  appreciate  the 
work  that  the  business  managers  are 
doing-  to  make  these  early  publications 
possible. 

"The  Junto"  does  not  have  a  very 
aporopriate  cover  design.  We  believe 
that  no  school  should  allow  a  cut  to  be 
used  that  common  sense  denounces. 
No  school  should  tack  on  their  doors 
or  along  their  gateways,  the  very  ideal 
and  suggestion  which  destroys  the 
purpose  of  education,  such  a  school  is 
almost  bound  to  defeat  itself  in  its 
own  purpose.  Every  High  School, 
College  or  University  should  have 
higher  ideals.  Every  student  ought  to 
have  more  respect  for  his  natural  en- 
dowments. We  would  advise  you  to 
get  busy  and  try  to  improve  your  cov- 
er design.  Begin  to  cast  a  better  ex- 
ample.    Would  it  not  be  better  to  have 


the  advertisement  and  literary  work 
separate? 

"Linden  Hall  Echo"  where  is  your 
exchange  editor?  Wouldn't  it  im- 
prove your  paper  to  have  a  few  sug- 
gestive cuts  suitable  to  the  several  de- 
partments? 

"The  Bulletin" — Your  January  is- 
sue is  strong  and  well  balanced.  Why 
not  keep  the  advertisements  and  the 
literary   work   separate? 

"The  Spunk" — You  certainly  have 
a  good,  strong  paper.  How  about  add- 
ing an  exchange  department?  We 
would  like  to  hear  what  you  have  to 
say  about  other  papers. 

"The  Patterson"  is  a  strong  and  well 
balanced  paper.  The  departments  are 
well  represented. 

"The  Philomathean  Monthly"  is  a 
fine  paper.  You  have  a  very  strong 
literary  department,  perhaps  a  little 
too  strong  for  the  other  parts. 

All  those  papers  that  feel  like  help- 
ing other  papers  should  have  an  ex- 
change department.  If  you  have  a 
good  idea  give  it.  If  a  thing  is  worth 
having  it  is  worth  giving.  Get  in  the 
habit  of  saving  "it  is  too  bad  to  keep." 

We  thank  the  different  exchange 
editors  for  their  kindly  criticisms  and 
suggestions.  Give  them  we  do  not 
feel  hurt  if  you  give  us  some  of  your 
views. 


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A  Dream  of  Summer. 

Bland  as  the  morning  breath  of  June 

The  southwest  breezes  play ; 
And,  through  its  haze,  the  winter  noon 

Seems  warm  as  summer's  day. 
The  snow-plumed  Angel  of  the  North 

Has  dropped  his  icy  spear; 
Again  the  mossy  earth  looks  forth 

Again  the  streams  gush  clear. 

The  fox  his  hillside  cell  forsakes, 

The  muskrat  leaves  his  nook, 
The  bluebird  in  the  meadow  brakes 

Is  singing  with  the  brook. 
"Bear  up,  O  Mother  Nature!"  cry 

Bird,  breeze,  and  streamlet  free; 
"Our  winter  voices  prophesy 

Of  summer  days  to  thee !" 

So,  in  those  winters  of  the  soul, 

By  bitter  blasts  and  drear 
O'erswept  from  Memory's  frozen  pole, 

Will  sunny  days  appear. 
Reviving  Hope  and  Faith,  they  show, 

The  soul  its  living  powers, 
And  how  beneath  the  winter's  snow 

Lie  germs  of  summer  flowers ! 

The  Night  is  mother  of  the  Day, 

The  Winter  of  the  Spring, 
And  ever  upon  old  Decay 

The  greenest  mosses  cling. 
Behind  the  cloud  the  starlight  lurks, 

Through  showers  the  sumbeams  fall; 
For  God  who  loveth  all  His  works, 

Has  kept  His  Hope  with  all ! 

— John  Greenleaf  Whittier. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


An  Evening  Spent  Alone  In  the  Woods. 


Charles  Abele  '17. 


After  I  had  built  my  fire,  which  was 
to  keep  me  warm  during  the  night,  I 
decided  to  go  to  bed.  I  brot  my  sleep- 
ing bag  out,  got  in  it,  and  I  was  soon 
fast  asleep. 

It  seemed  to  me  as  if  I  had  been 
asleep  only  a  few  minutes  when  I  sud- 
denly awoke  with  a  start.  What  was 
that  cold,  creepy,  slimy  creature  that 
had   just   now   crept   across   my   face? 

I  began  to  get  afraid  of  this  dark 
and  mysterious  forest.  I  drew  myself 
out  of  my  sleeping  bag  so  I  could  see 
what  strange  creature  this  was.  There 
by  the  fire  lay  about  twelve  large 
king  snakes.  I  knew  they  were  harm- 
■  less  but  nevertheless  I  killed  three  of 
them.  I  went  back  to  my  sleeping 
bag  and  got  in,  but  I  could  not  sleep. 
By  the  position  of  the  stars  in  the  sky 
I  knew  it  was  about  twelve  o'clock. 
Suddenly  the  ghost  stories  that  my 
old  negro  "mammy"  had  told  to  me  in 
my  childhood  days  leaped  to  my  mind. 
She  taught  me  that  at  this  time  of  the 
night  the  evil  and  good  spirits  come 
out  of  their  haunts  for  their  midnight 
frolics.  I  was  becoming  more  and 
more  afraid  of  this  dark  and  myster- 
ious forest. 

I  closed  my  eyes  and  tried  to  go  to 
sleep,  but  I  could  not.  I  opened  them. 
What  had  become  of  the  trees  that 
were  here  a  moment  ago?  Was  I 
dreaming?  No!  I  was  not  dreaming 
for  there  was  the  fire  burning  as  bright 
as  ever.  The  trees  had  taken  on  fan- 
tastic shapes.     They  were  pointing  ac- 


cusing fingers  at  me  and  with  one  ac- 
cord they  cried  out,  "That  is  he."  I 
become  frightened  and  tried  to  hide, 
but  it  was  of  no  avail.  Suddenly  one 
of  their  number  appeared  before  me 
and  told  me  to  get  up.  I  got  up,  my 
knees  were  knocking  together,  my 
teeth  were  chattering  and  I  was  ready 
to  collapse  at  any  pretext.  He  then 
addressed  me  thus :  "You  have  been  a 
great  enemy  to  mankind  not  only  by 
your  lying  and  deceitfulness  but  also 
by  your  destroying  of  God's  own  great 
handiwork.  We,  the  good  spirits  of 
this  wood  have  decided  to  give  you  one 
more  chance  before  we  condemn  you. 
Be  ready  to  review  your  past."  Where 
did  this  spirit  come  from?  Where  did 
he  go?  I  was  inclined  to  laugh  but  I 
soon  became  afraid  for  out  of  a  clear 
sky  a  sharp  clash  of  thunder  sounded 
and  I  knew  no  more. 

When  I  awoke  from  my  stupor  I 
found  myself  in  the  small  town  of 
Ozark,  Pennsylvania ;  the  town  in 
which  I  was  born  and  reared.  Here  I 
saw  myself  a  bully  among  the  child- 
ren and  making  the  little  children  give 
me  their  candy  because  I  did  not  have 
any.  I  hid  my  face  in  shame  when  I 
saw  myself  knock  down  a  girl  because 
she  had  told  the  teacher  that  I  was 
stealing  candy  from  the  small  children 
of  the  school.  Xext  I  was  taken  to  my 
home  where  I  saw  my  parents  plead- 
ing with  me  to  change  my  wayward 
habits,  they  promised  to  send  me  to 
any  college  I   choose  if  I  would  only 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


change  my  wayward  habits.  I  could- 
not  change  them  they  had  taken  too 
firm  a  hold  upon  me.  There  I  saw 
myself  running  away  from  home.  I 
was  going  into  strange  lands.  When 
I  arrived  at  Pittsburgh  a  man,  who  I 
thot  was  a  gentleman,  offered  me  work 
and  in  return  I  would  receive  five  dol- 
lars a  week  and  board.  I  accepted, 
this  was  the  beginning  of  the  end.  He 
was  a  notorious  criminal.  He  taught 
me  how  to  steal.  I  became  his  out- 
side man.  We  were  caught  one  night 
and  I  saw  myself  being  led  to  the  city 
courthouse  in  shame.  There  I  was 
before  the  cruel,  eagle-eyed  judge  for 
my  first  offense.  He  had  no  compas- 
sion for  me,  as  in  a  trance  I  heard 
myself  being  sentenced  for  a  term  of 
not  less  than  ten  years  at  hard  labor. 
I  was  taken  to  the  state  penitentiary. 
There  I  was  escaping  from  prison  and 
coming  to  this  place  by  devious  routes. 

My  spirit  now  spoke  to  me  and  he 
said,  "You  have  seen  what  has  become 
of  you  thro  your  lying  and  deceitful- 
ness,  now  a  fellow  spirit  will  show  you 
what  you  are  now  doing  in  destroying 
God's  own  handiwork.  He  will  also 
show  you  the  penalty  that  you  will 
have  to  pay  if  you  do  not  repent  now." 
He  disappeared ;  I  was  struck  on  the 
back  of  my  head  and  for  the  second 
time  that  evening  I  was  senseless. 

I  awoke  in  a  large  forest,  the  plants 
were  in  bloom,  the  birds  singing,  the 
brook  was  singing  %  a  lullaby  to  the 
flowers  that  lined  its  banks.  Every- 
thing was  quiet  and  peaceful.  Did  I 
say  peaceful?  If  I  did  I  did  not  mean 
it.  For  here  coming  upon  the  scene 
was  one  of  the  worst  specimens  of 
"nature's  ';  noblemen."  His  clothes 
were  torn,  his  face  was  unshaved,  his 


eyes  were  bloodshot  and  shifty,  every 
part  of  his  face  showed  cunning  and 
deceit.  Who  is  this  man?  Suddenly 
a  voice  boomed  at  my  side  and  said, 
"Look  closely  at  this  man,  you  are 
this  man  you  see  before  you.  You  are 
now  even  more  crafty  looking  then 
when  you  were  that  man.  Come,  let 
us  see  what  he  will  do."  He  sudden- 
ly stopped  walking  right  in  the  midst 
of  a  beautiful  bed  of  violets  and  wild 
roses.  What  are  those  terrible  words 
that  are  issuing  forth  from  his  foul 
mouth?  He  is  calling  vengeance  up- 
on everybody  whom  he  thinks  has 
done  injury  to  him.  The  woods  be- 
come stilled,  the  flowers  'bow  their 
heads  in  shame,  the  birds  stop  singing, 
the  brook  ceases  to  flow.  They  ask 
each  other;  "What  manner  of  an  evil 
beast  is  this  who  sees  no  beauty  in  this 
world  and  is  calling  vengeance  upon 
his  fellow  creatures?"  The  brook  who 
was  wise  in  all  things  told  them  that 
this  creature  is  an  evil  man,  and  not 
a  beast,  who  was  calling  vengeance 
upon  his  fellow  men  because  he  had 
done  wrong  and  they  had  tried  to  help 
him  but  he  had  refused  their  aid.  The 
flowers  and  trees  bowed  their  heads 
in  shame  to  think  of  their  lord  calling 
vengeance  upon  another.  He  tore 
handfuls  of  flowers  out  of  the  earth 
and  threw  them  on  the  ground.  Then 
he  trampled  the  remainder  of  the  flow- 
ers till  they  cried  out  for  mercy.  He 
buried  himself  from  the  sight  of  man- 
kind and  became  a  dirty,  groveling 
hermit.  No  flowers  were  allowed  to 
grow  within  one  hundred  yards  of  his 
cabin,  no  birds  sang  there,  his  cabin 
was  a  desert  in  the  midst  of  the  beau- 
ties of  nature.  But  who  can  repel  the 
beauties  of  nature  forever?     His  heart 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


became  softer,  he  no  longer  destroyed 
the  flowers  near  his  cabin.  He  left 
them  grow.  The  goddess  of  the  flow- 
ers sent  word  to  her  fairies  that  they 
were  to  invade  his  realm  and  make 
that  spot  the  most  beautiful  of  all  in 
that  vast  forest.  But  alas !  he  tore 
all  the  flowers  up  again  in  a  fit  of  rage, 
and  strewed  poison  around  his  cabin 
within  a  radius  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  yards  so  that  he  might  once  more 
live  the  life  of  a  hermit.  I  could  not 
bear  to  look  upon  this  scene  any  long- 
er so  I  cried  out  to  the  spirit,  "O  !  what 
shall  I  do  to  become  my  real  self!" 

The  spirit  answered  me  by  saying, 
"No  one  can  help  you  to  become  your 
real  self  but  yourself.  You  can  over- 
come your  insanity  by  opening  your 
heart  to  nature   and  to     your  fellow- 


men."  "I  promised  to  tell  you  what 
your  punishment  will  be  if  you  do  not 
repent.  You  will  become  the  worst 
man  upon  the  face  of  the  earth.  Your 
fellow-creatures  will  work  against  you 
and  all  the  gods  of  the  earth  will  work 
against  you  till  one  day  the  god  of 
storms  will  kill  you  in  his  wrath. 
REPENT! " 

I  came  to  my  senses  with  a  start,  the 
first  streaks  of  dawn  were  creeping 
across  the  eastern  sky.  With  a  joyful 
heart  I  decided  to  make  reparation  to 
mankind  for  the  injury  that  I  had  done 
during  my  short  stay  on  this  earth. 
It  was  only  too  true  what  I  had  seen 
and  I  decided  to  go  to  the  boy  that 
I  had  just  whipped,  because  he  had 
called  me  names,  and  ask  him  to  par- 
don me  for  what  I  had  done  to  him. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


ii 


Soliloquy  of  a  Dissatisfied  Boy. 


Martha  Young. 


Nothing"  but  work,  work,  work,  here ! 
There  is  some  tiresome  task  to  be  done 
every  moment. 

Indeed,  I'm  so  tired  of  this  place,  I 
don't  know  what  to  do. 

Here  I  can't  go  to  social  gatherings 
and  instructive  entertainments,  nor 
can  1  develop  any  artful  talent  which 
might  be  resting  within  me.  While 
my  Cousin  Jack  in  Philadelphia  is  sit- 
ting in  a  large  audience,  listening  to  a 
good  lecture,  I  am  sitting  on  a  three- 
legged  stool,  milking  old  Brindle ; 
while  he  is  taking  a  lesson  in  music 
in  a  nice  cool  room,  or  reading  a  favor- 
ite book  in  his  father's  library,  I  am 
raking  hay  in  the  scorching  sun. 

I  wonder  how  it  would  be  for  me  to 
go  to  the  city.  It  surely  would  be 
wonderful  to  enjoy  privileges  such  as 
Cousin  Jack  enjoys. 

I  must  go,  for  I  can't  possibly  stay 
here  and  endure  these  conditions  much 


longer.  I  could  surely  find  work  in 
some  store  or  factory  and  then  I  could 
do  whatever  I  wanted  to  do  in  the 
evening — perhaps  be  free  from  every 
care,  or  I  might  take  up  as  an  evening 
study,  art  or  music.  I  could  enter  so- 
ciety and  perhaps  soon  start  business 
for  myself;  then  in  a  short  time  I 
would  be  rich  and  could  help  my  dear 
old  parents  admirably  and  perhaps,  in- 
stead of  just  sending  sums  of  money 
once  in  a  while,  I  could  have  them 
come  to  the  city  also,  where  I  would 
have  a  nice  comfortable  home  ready 
for  their  use.  Then  things  would  be 
very  pleasant  and  convenient  for 
Mother  and  Father  and  I  could  live 
with  them  and  be  a  pleasure  and  a  joy 
to  them  in  a  hope  fulfilled,  and  enjoy 
boyhood,  just  as  I  did  when  I  "was" 
a  boy  and  a  hope  and  joy  to  be  ful- 
filled. 


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The  Seal  to  Gabriel's  Prison  Bars. 


Gabriel  was  an  old  German  peasant 
who  lived  in  the  little  village  of  Zebe- 
dee  An  Der  Zee.  Although  the  chil- 
ly ocean  squalls  had  blown  for  sixty 
winters  through  his  silver  locks,  he 
never  lost  the  ardour  of  his  youth.  He 
was  unrivaled  as  a  landscape  painter 
by  which  occupation  he  provided  for 
three  orphaned  children. 

A  certain  Italian  artist  who  was  ex- 
celled in  genius  by  Gabriel,  was  re- 
quested to  paint  a  scene  for  a  court- 
hanging  in  the  German  palace.  He 
chanced  to  visit  in  Zebedee  at  the  time 
Gabriel  held  a  landscape  exhibition. 
A  painting  of  an  extraordinary  genius 
attracted  his  keen  eye.  On  pretense 
of  bringing  fame  and  riches  to  his  rival, 
the  Italian  asked  leave  to  show  the 
painting  before  the  Kaiser.  The  paint- 
ing was  presented  to  the  Kaiser  in- 
stead of  the  desired  court-hanging. 
The  peers  of  all  countries  hastened  to 
praise  the  famous  Italian,  so  that  it 
was  not  long  until  the  waves  of  artistic 
applause  reached  Gabriel's  ears. 

Broken-hearted  he  bade  his  little 
orphans  good-bye  and  set  out  on  a 
long  journey  to  the  Kaiser,  who  heard 
the  old  gray-haired  peasant's  appeal 
for  justice.  However,  fearing  the  sen- 
sure  of  the  Italian  government  for 
publicly  exposing  one  of  its  subjects, 
the  Kaiser  gave  Gabriel  the  chance  to 
prove  his  work  by  reproducing  an- 
other painting  of  the  same  landscape 
from  his  original  sketches. 

Gabriel  went  home,  confident  that 
he  could  reproduce  from  his  sketches 


so  nearly  similar  a  painting  that  his 
work  would  prove  itself.  The  happy 
little  orphans  often  would  while  away 
many -a  blissful  day  peeping  over  his 
shoulder,  now  and  then  pulling  Gab- 
riel's silver  locks  to  obtain  the  fond 
caress  for  which  they  hungered.  Often 
were  the  little  dimpled  hands  tempted 
to  pick  up  the  brush  when  Gabriel  left 
the  painting  to  seek  rest.  One  day, 
the  last  finishing  touches  had  been 
given  and  Gabriel  was  conversing  with 
the  Kaiser  who  had  come  to  view  the 
painting.  The  joyous  tremulous  voice 
of  Gabriel,  (who  knew  the  fortunes  of 
his  orphans  had  been  earned  by  his 
earnest  work)  floated  through  the 
open  door  to  the  gleeful,  merry-eyed 
children. 

But  ah !  What  evil  fate,  unseen  by 
Gabriel  is  it  that  must  taint  this  gold- 
en hour?  What  evil  spirit  is  guiding 
that  plump,  baby  hand  to  paint  that 
one  small  magic  stroke  which  hazards 
their  whole  future.  Frightened  by  the 
voice  of  a  stranger,  the  children  skip- 
ped merrily  out  of  sight.  Oh !  that 
moment  of  cruel  agony  when  Gebriel 
beheld  his  unnoticed  blunder!  Why 
had  not  his  skilled  eyes  detected  that 
small  defect  sooner?  Why  must  this 
tragedy  end  his  well-lived  years?  His 
work  had  not  stood  the  proof,  all  was 
lost  to  his  loved  ones,  crushed  and 
ruined  his  last  days  must  be  spent  be- 
hind prison  bars  for  false  accusations 
of  theft  against  the  Italian  artist.  In- 
nocence had  set  her  seal  on  the  pris- 
on bars. 


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The  Cloister  Room, 


Ruth  N.  Kilhefner  '17. 


As  we  entered  one  of  the  doorways 
of  the  famous  old  Cloister  we  came  in- 
to a  room  called  the  Saal.  There  we 
stood  facing  a  small  pulpit  on  which 
was  a  bench  and  a  stand.  Below  this 
was  a  table. 

Then  as  our  eyes  wandered  on  eith- 
er side  of  us  we  noticed  the  benches 
were  arranged  perpendicular  to  the 
pulpit.     This  seemed  very  odd  to  us. 

We  then  glanced  at  the  wall  and 
saw  large  charts  all  around  the  room. 
On  these  were  hand-printed  German 
verses  in  large  letters. 

In  front  of  us  and  on  the  left  there 
were  small  doors.  On  all  sides,  ex- 
cept the  front,  there  were  very  small 
windows.  Thus  the  room  was  not 
well  lighted. 


We  looked  above  us  and  noticed 
that  the  ceiling  was  made  of  wood. 
Our  guide  then  took  us  to  the  left 
and  told  us  to  note  the  footprints  on 
the  boards  over  our  heads.  Our  curio- 
sity was  aroused  but  we  soon  learned 
to  know  the  cause  of  the  prints.  The 
Brethren  while  making  this  building 
greased  their  sore  feet  for  they  did 
not  wear  shoes.  Hence  while  work- 
ing they  stepped  on  thes  boards  before 
they  were  put  on  the  ceiling. 

We  sat  down  on  the  hard  benches 
and  compared  our  present  advantages 
with  the  conditions  of  our  forefathers. 
Before  we  left  we  took  a  glimpse  into 
their  home  life  and  left  happy  in  the 
thoughts  of  the  comforts  of  our  day. 


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A  View  of  the  Wasatch  Range. 


Harold  Engle. 


The  Wasatch  Mountains,  a  chain  of 
the  Rocky  Mountain  system  are  at  all 
times  very  picturesque,  but  especially 
are  they  beautiful  in  the  spring  of  the 
year. 

Standing  at  a  distance  of  about  eight 
or  ten  miles,  but  which  seems  only  two 
or  three,  one  can  get  the  best  view. 
The  great,  rugged,  snow  covered 
mountains  reach  many  hundreds  of 
feet  above  the  broad  valleys  that  lay 
between  them.  The  snow  line  in  the 
spring  is  seen  to  be  at  about  one-half 
of  the  altitude  of  the  mountains.  How- 
ever, in  some  deep  ravines  on  the  sides 
of  the  mountains  where  the  snow  gath- 


ers and  on  which  the  rays  of  the  sun 
do  not  fall  directly  one  can  see  snow 
stretching  much  more  closely  to  the 
base  of  the  mountain.  In  these  ra- 
vines, and  around  the  sides  of  the 
mountains  mist  and  clouds  very  often 
hang  which  add  beauty  to  the  scene. 

The  melting  snow  on  the  mountains 
forms  many  small  streams  which  rush 
down  into  the  valleys  lying  below  and 
cause  numerous  lakes  to  dot  these  low- 
lands. These  lakes  like  many  large 
mirrors  reflect  the  snow  capped  peaks, 
the  clouds  that  cluster  about  them  and 
the  deep  blue  sky  very  clearly. 


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Man's  Chief  Business  In  Life. 
"Chisel  in  hand  stood  a  sculptor  boy, 
With  his  marble  block  before  him ; 
And  his  face  lit  up  with  a  smile  of  joy- 
As  an  angel  passed  o'er  him. 
He  carved  that  dream  on  the  yielding 
stone 
With  many  a  sharp  incision ; 
In   heaven's  own   light     the     sculptor 
shone. 
He  had  caught  that  angel  vision. 
Sculptors  of  life  are  we  as  we  stand 
With  our  lives  uncarved  before  us, 


Waiting  the  hour  when  at  God's  com- 
mand, 
Our  life  dream  passes  o'er  us. 
Let  us  carve  it,  then,  on  the  yielding 
stone, 
With   many  a  sharp  incision ; — 
Its  heavenly  beauty  shall  be  our  own ; 
our  lives,  that  angel  vision." 
In  these  days  of  education  we  hear 
much    about    ideals.     We      have      our 
ideals  of  everything— of  life,  of  man- 
hood, of  womanhood,  and  so  on.     But 
oh,  so  often  it  happens  that  we  fail  to 


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catch  a  glimpse  of  our  ideal.  At  one 
time  there  was  an  ideal  man.  He 
lived  in  Eden.  His  name  was  Adam. 
He  was  fashioned  in  the  likeness  of 
God.  But  something  happened.  Sin 
touched  that  man's  life  and  he  fell 
from  the  pedestal  of  idealty.  Every- 
body has  the  same  start  in  life  in  a 
sense.  That  is  every  man  and  woman 
starts  as  an  innocent  little  babe.  After 
a  while  the  influences  of  heredity  and 
environment  begin  to  play  on  the  life 
and  a  character  begins  to  be  formed.  It 
is  man's  chief  business  in  life  to  make 
his  characted  as  Godlike  as  possible. 
In  so  far  as  his  life  fails  to  reflect  the 
God-life  just  that  far  he  fails  in  at- 
taining ideal  manhood. 

Without  a  doubt  the  highest  pur- 
pose in  life  is  the  possession  of  ideal 
manhood.  It  matters  not  so  much 
what  your  reputation  is — what  men 
think  you  are,  but  it  does  matter  what 
you  are.  It  matters  little  what  you 
say  if  you  fail  to  live  what  you  pro- 
fess to  believe.  Emerson  says,"W|hat 
you  are  thunders  so  loud  that  I  can- 
not hear  what  you  say." 

The  foundation  of  national  security 
depends  on  the  character  of  the  indi- 
viduals composing  that  nation.  We 
often  say  that  money  is  power  or  that 
knowledge  is  power  but  in  a  truer 
sense  it  is  a  fact  that  character  is  pow- 
er.    Honorable  positions  are  more  oft- 


en attained  because  of  character  than 
because  of  any  other  reason.  Many 
of  our  most  noted  men  were  of  lowly 
birth,  reared  in  poverty,  lacked  talent 
or  genius  and  yet  by  force  of  character 
they  have  risen.  Character,  not  abili- 
ty obtained  the  presidency  for  Wash- 
ington and  Lincoln.  Jefferson  once 
said  that  not  a  throne  in  Europe  could 
stand  against  Washington's  character. 
It  was  said  of  John  Hall,  ''The  man 
behind  the  sermon  is  the  secret  of  the 
power."  Benjamin  Franklin  attribut- 
ed his  success  to  his  well  known  in- 
tegrity of  character. 

Emerson  says,  "The  truest  test  of 
civilization  is  not  the  census,  nor  the 
size  of  cities,  nor  the  crops ;  no,  but 
the  kind  of  man  the  country  turns  out." 
In  these  days  of  uncertainty,  dread, 
and  almost  fear  of  the  future  of  coun- 
try needs  men  as  she  never  needed 
them  before,  men  who  have  as  founda- 
tion stones  in  their  characters  the  vir- 
tues, honesty,  hope,  truth,  firmness, 
gentleness,  tact,  perseverance,  patience, 
sympathy,  and  charity  for  all.  Boys,  let 
your  chief  business  in  life  be  obtaining 
a  strong  character.  The  home  needs 
men  of  character.  The  business  world 
needs  them.  The  school  needs  them. 
The  church  needs  them.  The  State 
needs  them.  Men,  live  up  to  the  God- 
given  spark  of  divinity  within  you. 
"Quit  ye  like  men.     Be  Strong." 


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Life  of  Jesse  K.  Zeigler 

Jesse  K.  Zeigler,  the  second  son  of 
Henry  and  Martha  Zeigler,  was  born 
December  27,  1896,  near  Rehrersburg, 
Berks  County.  Penna. 

His  grandfather  was  Elias  Zeigler, 
a  descendant  of  the  Zeigler  family. 
The  original  Zeigler  ancestor  Philip  by 
name,  was  a  member  of  the  Little 
Swatara  Congregation  in  1770.  He 
was  born  in  1734  in  Berne,  Switzer- 
land. He  came  to  America  in  1746, 
•and  before  1758  settled  on  the  farm,  on 
which  the  present  Zeigler  meeting- 
house is  built.  A  large  part  of  his 
descendents  have  belonged  to  the 
Church  of  the  Brethren ;  not  a  few 
have  been  ministers ;  some  have  at- 
tained to  prominence.  Jacob,  the  son 
of  the  original  Philip  was  the  grand- 
father of  Elder  Jesse  Zeigler,  who  is 
president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Elizabethtown   College. 

The  mother's  maiden  name  was 
Martha  King.  Her  father  was  a  broth- 
er of  Joshua  King,  who  was  for  years 


a  prominent  elder  in  the  Church  of 
the  Brethren. 

At  birth  Jesse  was  a  very  tiny  child 
and  it  was  thought  that  he  could  not 
live ;  but  his  mother,  with  a  heart 
filled  with  love,  bestowed  upon  him 
such  tender  care  that  he  grew  to  be 
tall  and  strong.  This  special  care  on 
the  mother's  part  caused  them  to  be- 
come particularly  attached  to  each 
other. 

When  six  years  old  he  started  to 
public  school  in  the  home  town,  Reh- 
rersburg, where  he  attended  until  he 
was  sixteen.  Then,  for  two  years  he 
remained  at  home  and  worked  on  the 
tarm  with  his  parents. 

Not  being  satisfied  however  with 
his  public  school  training  and  being 
urged  by  his  parents,  he  entered  Eliza- 
bethtown College  at  the  beginning  of 
the  winter  term  of  191 5  and  continued 
for  two  terms.  Although  he,  like  all 
others,  manifested  /  weaknesses  at 
times,  yet  while  at  school  he  applied 
himself  diligently  to  his  lessons.     He 


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may  not  have  been  admired  by  the 
casual  observer  but  those  who  knew 
him  best  saw  in  him  many  good  quali- 
ties worthy  of  admiration. 

During  the  summer  and  fall  of  1916 
he  again  worked  on  the  farm  but  re- 
turned to  Elizabethtown  College  at 
the  beginning  of  the  winter  term  dur- 
ing which  term  his  illness  and  death 
occurred. 

As  a  little  boy  Jesse  enjoyed  going 
to  Sunday  School.  His  last  Sunday 
School  teacher  was  Jacob  P.  Merkey, 
who  is  now  a  minister  in  the  Little 
Swatara  Congregation.  This  noble 
man  was  to  Jesse  an  ideal  christian  man 
and  the  influence  that  this  teacher  had 
on  Mr.  Zeigler  helped  him  to  climb 
higher  in  life. 

In  the  winter  of  19 12  during  a  re- 
vival service  conducted  by  Bro.  Amos 
Koons  at  Frystown,  Pa.  Jesse,  who 
was  now  fifteen  years  old,  together 
with  his  oldest  brother  Reuben  gave 
his  heart  to  Christ.  His  Christian 
zeal  grew  and  he  soon  began  working 
for  his  Master.  The  last  few  years  of 
his  life  he  taught  the  junior  boys  in 
Sunday  School.  The  boys  liked  him 
as  their  teacher  and  he  too  was  inter- 
ested in  the  boys.  During  his  last 
term  at  College  he  was  preparing 
maps  and  charts  to  use  when  he  should 
again  return  to  them.  He  was  missed 
by  them  and  the  church  when  he  at- 
tended college  and  his  loss  will  be 
still  more  keenly  felt  now  that  he  has 
left  them  forever. 

Jesse  loved  very  much  to  read  and 
also  enjoyed  to  plant  things  and  took 
a  delight  in  watching  them  grow.  He 
was  fond  of  working  with  tools  and 
made  cupboards,  shelves  and  other 
useful  articles     for  his     mother     thus 


brightening  her  life  and  adding  to  her 
daily  comfort.  He  was  prompt  at  his 
post  of  duty  and  was  always  busy  at 
something. 

He  was  a  very  ambitious  boy  and 
entertained  the  hope  of  some  day  com- 
pleting a  course  in  College ;  but  while 
attending  school  he  was  taken  ill  on 
February  21,  19 17,  removed  to  the 
Good  Samaritan  Hospital  at  Labanon, 
where  his  illness  developed  into  scarlet 
fever.  He  was,  however  very  hopeful 
for  his  recovery  and  when  his  parents 
visited  him  he  said  he  expected  to  be 
home  in  a  few  days.  He  little  knew 
the  significance  of  his  words  for  the 
fever  grew  worse  and  he  breathed  his 
last  at  three  o'clock  on  the  morning- 
of  February  26,  19 17  and  the  next  day 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  old  Zeigler 
cemetery  adjoining  the  above-mention- 
ed   church. 

This  young  man  of  just  past  twenty 
was  called  home  to  his  Heavenly 
Father.  Although  he  did  not  com- 
plete a  course  at  College  as  he  had  in- 
tended, yet  he  has  finished  a  course 
which  we  believe  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Master  will  merit  a  degree  that  will 
allow  him  to  pass  through  the  pearly 
gates  into  the  Great  School  beyond 
where  he  will  receive  a  diploma  with 
God's  own  seal  fixed  upon  it. 

Although  Jesse  Zeigler  is  gone  yet 
the  memory  of  him  lingers  in  the  minds 
of  many  and  the  silent  influence  of  his, 
life  and  death  will  ever  be  felt. 

— Ezra  Wengen. 


Memorial  Services 
On   Friday   morning,   March  9,  at  9 
o'clock  in   ihe  College  Chapel     appro- 
priate   memorial    exercises    were    held 
for  the  late  Jesse  K.  Ziegler  who  died 


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•on  February  26.  The  services  were 
characterized  by  a  deep  feeling  of  sor- 
row f^r  the  untimely  death  of  our  fel- 
low student.  The  following  program 
was   given  : 

Song — "Show  Me  Thy  Face;" 
Scripture  Reading  and  Prayer — Dr. 
Reber  ;  Quartette — "We  Are  Going 
Down  the  Valley,"  Messrs.  Baugher, 
Hershey,  Landis,  Zug;  Biography  of 
Jesse  K.  Zeigler's  Life — Ezra  Weng- 
er;  Address — Prof.  H.  K.  Ober.  Prof. 
Ober's  address  was  one  that  touched 
the  students  deeply.  He  made  us  feel 
the  brevity  of  life.  He  spoke  very 
beautifully  of  Mr.  Zeigler's  life,  show- 
ing that  if  we  compare  life  to  the  sea- 
sons, Mr.  Zeigler  was  only  in  the 
spring  time  of  life.  He  closed  his  re- 
marks with  the  touching  little  poem, 
"I  Shall  Not  Pass  Again  This  Way." 
After  this  the  ladies  'quartette  sang 
"Just  Beyond."  Then  Prof.  Schlosser 
in  low  toned  words  pronounced  the 
benediction  and  we  were  dismissed. 

The  biography  of  Mr.  Zeigler's  life 
:is  published  elsewhere  in  this  issue. 

Mr.  Otho  Hassinger  and  Miss  Lela 
Oellig  visited  Miss  Helen  Oellig  re- 
cently. 

Miss  Ellen  Longenecker,  who  was 
called  home  because  of  the  illness  of 
her  mother  has  not  yet  returned. 

Miss  Kathryn  Burkhart  had  her 
mother  and  small  brother  as  her  guests 
over  the  week  end  of  February  24. 
Of  course  she  was  glad  to  have  them. 

The  students  at  Miss  Brenisholtz's 
table  decided  to  have  a  little  "feed"  re- 
cently. Some  one  suggested  burnt 
almond  ice  cream.  Mr.  Baum,  who  is 
•a  little  hard  of  hearing  said,  "What  did 
■you  say  burnt  offering  ice  cream," 


Miss  Leiter— "Oh,  that  obtains  my 
goat." 

Miss  Carolina  Dohner  visited  her 
sister  Salinda  Mary  on  Tuesday,  Feb- 
ruary 27. 

Dr.  Reber  met  quite  a  few  former 
students  and  teacher's  on  his  recent 
visit  to  the  schools  of  the  middle  west 
as  a  representative  of  the  General  Edu- 
cational Board  of  our  Church  at  Mount 
Morris,  he  met  Misses  Perry  and  Mill- 
er who  are  both  teachers  in  that  in- 
stitution. At  North  Manchester  he 
met  Mr.  Gingrich  and  Miss  Nora  Re- 
ber. At  Bethany  he  met  Miss  Replogle. 
Needless  to  say  they  were  very  glad 
to  see  Dr.  Reber. 

A  marriage  that  until  recently  has 
escaoed  our  notice  was  the  marriage 
of  Miss  Eva  Brubaker  to  Harry  S. 
Daveler,  which  occurred  shortly  after 
Christmas.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daveler  are 
living  in  Elizabethtown.  Mrs.  Dave- 
ler was  a  former  student  here.  Al- 
though it  is  rather  late  "Our  College 
Times"  extends  to  them  best  wishes 
for  a  happy  married  life. 

Messrs.  John  and  Henry  Hershey 
visited  Mr.  Owen  Hershey  in  Phila- 
delphia over  the  week-end  of  March 
10.  Owen  Hershey  is  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  stundents  feel  very  much 
strengthened  since  the  revival  in  town. 
Several  of  our  number  have  confessed 
Christ  and  everyone  feels  revived.  In 
all  there  were  fourteen  conversions. 
The  students  are  to  be  commended  for 
the  loyal  way  in  which  they  support- 
ed the  meetings.  Baptism  was  ad- 
ministered to  the  applicants  on  March 

20. 


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Senior  Social. 

The  Senior  Class  very  delightfully 
entertained  the  students  and  teachers 
at  a  Saint  Patrick's  social  given  in 
Music  Hall,  Saturday  evening,  March 
17.  The  hall  was  attractively  deco- 
rated for  the  occasion  with  class  pen- 
nants and  class  colors  among  which 
"the  green"  predominated.  Various 
contests  relative  to  the  day  were  en- 
joyed. "Ye  Irish  Yarns"  proved  to  be 
an  interesting  feature  in  which  the 
speech  makers  joined.  Light  refresh- 
ments were  served  and  with  Mr. 
Baugher  as  toast  master  they  were 
thoroughly  enjoyed.  Prizes  were  won 
by  Misses  Brenisholtz  and  Hess  and 
Mr.  Abel  K.  Long. 

Do  you  have  the  spring  fever  or  the 
tennis   fever? 

Several  of  the  students  will  not  re- 
turn to  us  spring  term,  for  they  feel  the 
call  of  the  soil.  While  we  are  sorry 
to  see  them  go  we  wish  them  well  as 
they  do  their  work. 

Chapel  talks  during  the  last  month 
were :  "How  to  Keep  Well."  Prof.  Ober 
and  "Conduct  in  Religious  Services," 
Prof.  Schlosser. 

The  Audubon  Club  holds  interesting 
meetings  every  Monday.  They  have 
been  studying  various  birds.  Great 
interest  is  taken  in  the  return  of  our 
feathered  friends  and  every  one  re- 
joiced to  see  the  first  robin. 

Misses  Barr  and  Heisey  have  finish- 
ed their  course  in  sewing.  Therefore 
they  will  not  be  among  us  during  the 
spring  term. 

Mr.  Floyd  Hess  and  Mr.  Sherman 
Eshelman  of  Waynesboro,  visited  Miss 
Grace  L.  Hess  recently. 


Anniversary  Program 
On  Saturday  afternoon,  March  3,  at 
2  o'clock  the  anniversary  program  of 
the  dedication  of  our  buildings  was- 
held.  The  meeting  was  well  attended 
and  great  interest  was  shown.  The 
following  program  was  given  : 

Invocation  —  Eld.  S.  H.  Hertzler; 
Address  of  Welcom  — Dr.  D.  C.  Reber; 
Music — Ladies  Glee  Club  ;  Recitation 
—Pauline  Weaver;  Address — "Pros- 
pects of  Elizabethtown  College",  Prof.. 
R.  W.  Schlosser;  Address — Prof.  I. 
Harvey  Brumbaugh  ;  Music — Ladies 
Trio;    Offering;    Adjournment. 

Prof,  and  Mrs.  L.  W.  Leiter  and 
small  daughter  spent  the  week  end  of 
March  17  in  Shrewsbury  visiting  Mrs.. 
Leiter's  parents. 

The  Latest  Discovery 

Where  the  atmosphere  is  "Leiter" 
there  "Land  is." 

Misfits. 

Miss  Byers  in  a  quartette. 

Kathryn  Leiter  up  at  6  :oo  a.  m. 

Miss  Bixler  jumping  rope. 

Mr.  Long  not  smiling. 

Miss  Bucher  in  a  Quaker  Meeting. 

Everybody   on   time   at   Chapel. 

Miss  Eshelman  without  her  10:40 
lunch. 

Mr.  J.  Hershey  missing  a  "social 
privelege." 

A  wise  old  owl  lived  in  an  oak 
The  more  he  saw  the  less  he  spoke. 
The  less  he  spoke  the  more  he  heard 
Why  can't  we  all  be  like  that  bird? 

—Ex. 

B.  B.  C.  F.  what  is  it? 
Conundrum. 

Why  did  Prof.  Schlosser  smile  so  at 
Chapel,  Friday  morning,  March  16? 


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21 


Spring"  term  is  now  here. 

Professor  Schlosser  and  Meyer  con- 
ducted a  two-day  Bible  Institute  at 
York    (First  Church)    February  23-25. 

Prof.  Ober  was  in  Waynesboro  Mar- 
ch nth.  In  the  afternoon  he  delivered 
an  address  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Mr.  J.  I.  Baugher  of  Lineboro,  Md., 
visited  his  brother,  A.  C.  Baugher  and 
his  sister  Lettie  Baugher  on  March  10. 

Dr.  Reber  has  returned  from  the 
Central  West.  He  reported  having 
had  a  very  interesting  trip.  He  met 
some  of  our  former  students  at  the 
schools  which  he  visited. 

Prof.  Ober  delivered  an  address  at 
the  Men's  Mass  Meeting  Sunday  after- 
noon, February  25th  in  the  Martin 
Auditorium,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  at  Lancas- 
ter. He  spoke  on  "The  Only  Trage- 
dy in  a  Man's  Life,"  to  a  very  large 
audience. 

Mr.  George  Neff  of  Harrisburg  was 
a  visitor  here  March  3rd. 

D.  Royer  of  Manchester,  visited  his 
daughter,  Miss  Letha  G.  Royer,  Satur- 
day, March  10th. 

Mr.  David  Markey  visited  at  his 
home  a  few  days.  He  was  detained  a 
few  days  by  sickness. 

Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  and  Prof.  J.  G.  Mey- 
er held  a  two-day  Bible  Institute  at 
Meyerstown,  March  15-17. 

Miss  Eckhert  in  Grammar— "Parse 
'my',  Mr.  Beetem." 

The  Grammar  Teacher  to  Miss 
Aungst — "Miss  Aungst  what  does  c. 
p.  stand  for?" 

Miss  Aungst— "c.  p.  stands  for  com- 
mon person,  meaning  conjunctive  pro- 
noun." 


If  Miss  Leiter  gets  Young  she  will 
go  to  the  lecture. 

Winter  term  closed  March  22nd. 

Spring  term  opened  March  26th.  A 
number  of  our  former  students  are 
back  for  Spring  Term,  together  with  a 
number  of  new  students. 

Miss  Y.  has  discovered  a  new  moun- 
tain range  in  Russia — "The  Caucasian 
Mountains." 


Homerian  Society  Notes. 

Homerian  Society  met  in  regular 
public  session  at  six  o'clock  in  Music 
Hall,  February  23,  1917. 

In  the  absence  of  the  critic,  Prof.  H. 
A.  Via  was  appointed  instead. 

The  roll  call  was  followed  by  the 
prayer  of  the  Chaplain,  L.  W.  Leiter, 
after  which  the  minutes  of  the  preceed- 
ing  session  were  read  and  adopted. 

The  following  program  was  then 
given,  opened  with  "America,"  sung- 
by  the  Society.  Miss  Lore  Brenis- 
holtz,  in  the  next  number  of  the  pro- 
gram, gave  an  interesting  and  excel- 
lent interpretation  of  "The  Unknown 
Speaker." 

Professor  H.  H.  Nye's  discussion 
was  dispensed  with,  because  of  his 
absence.  Henry  Hershey  then  had 
the  attention  of  the  audience  for  his- 
vocal  solo,  "Crossing  the  Bar." 

The  last  number  was  the  debate,  Re- 
solved, That  the  Literary  bill  as  pass- 
ed is  justifiable.  The  affirmative  side 
was  defended  by  Frances  Ulrich  and 
the  negative  by  John  Hershey.  The 
judges  decided  in  favor  of  the  affirma, 
tive. 

Critic's  remarks  followed,  and  then 
Society  was  adjourned. 


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Keystone  Society  Notes. 
God  shield  ye,  heralds  of  the  spring! 
Ye  faithful  swallows,  fleet  of  wing, 

Houps,  cuckoos,  nightingales, 
Turtles  and  every  wilder  bird, 
That   make  your     hundred     chirpings 
heard. 
Through  the  green  woods  and  dales. 

\ 

God  shield  ye,  Easter  daisies  all, 

Fair  roses,   buds,   and   blossoms   small 

And  he  whom  erst  the  gore 
Of  Ajax  and  Narciss  did  print, 
Ye  wild  thyme,  anise,  balm  and  mint, 

I  welcome  ye  once  more ! 

If  you  want  to  enjoy  the  spring- 
time in  the  fullest  height  of  enjoyment, 
join  the  Keystone  Literary  Society ! 
The  Society  is  planning  great  things 
for  itself  and  for  you.  In  the  spirited 
oratory,  in  the  melody  of  song  and 
poetry,  in  the  rechoing  tone  of  our  So- 
ciety sessions,  we  trust  you  will  catch 
a  glimpse  of  the  beauty  and  new 
strength  in  the  spring  life.  Students, 
Friends,  we  greet  you  with  the  greet- 
ings of  Spring.  Welcome  to  our  So- 
ciety ! 

The  Society  met  in  public  session 
Friday  night,  February  16,  1917.  A 
"Washington  and  Lincoln"  program 
was  rendered  as  follows :  Vocal  Solo — 
"Cradle  Song,  1915,"  Miss  Lydia  With- 
ers ;  Declamation  —  "Lincoln's  Gettys- 
burg Address,"  Mr.  Clarence  Ebersole ; 
Discussion  on  the  lives  of  Washington 
and  Lincoln,  Miss  Grace  Hess ;  Piano 
Solo — "Prelude,"  Chopin,  and  "Narcis- 
sus," Nevin,  Miss  Floy  G.  Good; 
Anecdotes  from  the  Life  of  Lincoln, 
Mr.  Reuben  Fogelsanger;  Declama- 
tion—"Washington's  Farewell  Ad- 
dress," Mr.  Nathan  Meyer;  Vocal 
Duet— "I  would  that  My  Love/'  Miss- 


es Moyer  and  Hiestand;  The  Closing 
feature  was  the  song  "America"  by  the 
Society. 

A  public  session  of  the  K.  L.  S.  was 
held  Friday  evening,  March  2,  1917- 
At  this  meeting  the  newly  elected  offi- 
cers were  inaugurated  as  follows  : — 
President,  Melvin  Shissler;  Vice  Presi- 
dent, John  Sherman  ;  Secretary,  Grace 
L.  Hess;  Critic,  Prof.  J.  H.  Harley. 

Mr.  Shissler  gave  a  helpful  inaug- 
ural address  on  "Relying  on  Self," 
after  which  the  program  was  render- 
ed as  follows  : — Piano  Solo — "Minuet," 
Ruth  Reber;  Recitation — "Barbara 
Fritchie,"  Luella  Aungst ;  In  the  de- 
bate "Resolved,  That  Edison  was  of 
more  service  to  civilization  than  Ful- 
ton." the  offirmative  side  defended  by 
Joseph  Shaak  and  Alfred  Eckroth  won 
oven  the  negative  side  taken  by  Carl 
Smith  and  John  Sherman  ;  A  Vocal  So- 
io  entitled  "Massa's  in  de  Cold,  Cold 
Ground,"  by  R.  Elam  Zug,  was  the 
closing  feature  of  this  program. 

The  K.  L.  S.  held  a  public  session  in 
Society  Hall,  Friday  night,  March  9,' 
1917.  The  first  feature  of  this  pro- 
gram was  an  Impromptu  Chorus  con- 
ducted by  Miss  Arbegast.  Mr.  Ezra 
Meyer  then  delivered  a  Declamation 
entitled  "Patriotism"  in  a  very  credit- 
able manner.  Mr.  Norman  Copeland 
gave  a  short  Biography  of  Admiral 
Dewey ;  the  Original  Dialogue,  "So- 
cial Privileges  in  the  Reception  Room" 
by  Florence  Moyer  and  Ada  Eby  seem- 
ed to  be  appreciated ;  a  Recitation  en- 
titled "And  a  Little  Child  Shall  Lead 
Them"  followed,  by  Miss  Bixler!  The 
Literary  Echo  by  Ruth  Reber  was  full 
of  spice ;  a  Society  Song,  the  words  of 
which  were  written  by  Mrs.  Via,  and 
set  to  the  melody  of  "The  Old  Oaken 
Bucket,"  was  then  sung  by  the  So- 
ciety. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


Athletics. 

The  basket  ball  season  is  drawing  to 
a  close  very  rapidly.  Most  of  the  stu- 
dents have  found  this  game  a  splendid 
pastime  during  the  long  winter 
months.  Their  eyes  and  desires  are 
now  turned  to  the  tennis  court  and 
the  base  ball  diamond.  We  expect  to 
have  these  two  sports  soon  going  very 
strong,  as  many  are  desirous  of  play- 
ing the  games.  During  the  last  month 
we  have  had  splendid  games  of  basket 
ball.  On  the  9th  of  March  the  Olives 
met  the  Persimmons  and  the  former 
were  victorious  by  the  score  of  31-17. 
Following  is  the  score : 

Olives .  Persimmons 

Weaver  F  Ebersole 

Shaak  F  H.  Hershey 

Graham  C  H.  Wenger 

J.  Hershey  G  Landis 

Taylor  G  Sherman 

Summary :  Fair  goals :  Weaver  6, 
Shaak  3,  J.  Hershey  4,  Ebersole  3,  H. 
Wenger,  H.  Hershey  2.  Foul  goals : 
Taylor  5,  H.  Hershey  5.  Time  of 
halves  20  minutes.     Referee,  Zug. 

On  the  week  following,  the  16th  of 
March,  we  played  the  last  game  of  the 
season  between  the  Royals  and  the 
Democrats.  After  a  long  game  in 
which  either  side  had  a  chance  to  win 
the   Democrats   finally   won   the   game 


by    the   score   of  22-21.     Following   is 
the  score: 

Democrats.  Royals. 

H.  Hershey  F  Landis 

Taylor  F  Ebersole 

Graham  C  Wenger 

Long  G  Sherman 

Weaver  G  J.  Hershey 

Summary :  Fair  goals :  H.  Hershey 
6,  Weaver  4,  Landis  2,  Ebersole  2,  J. 
Hershey  4.  Foul  goals :  H.  Hershey 
2,  Ebersole  5.  Time  of  halves,  20  min- 
utes.    Referee,  Zug. 

The  girls  palyed  on  the  27th  of  Feb- 
ruary, the  best  game  of  the  season. 
They  were  strengthened  by  Miss 
Withers,  who  is  a  very  good  player. 
They  all  played  as  if  'determined  ta 
win  the  contest.  Finally  the  result 
fell  in  favor1  of  the  Dohnerites  against 
the      Bncherites.     Following      is      the 


Bucherites. 

Longenecker  F 

Sauder  F 

Bucher  C 

Moyer  G 

Hiestand  G 


Dohnerites. 

Dohner 

Eby 

Aungst 

Hess 

Withers 


Summary :  Fair  goals :  Dohner  6, 
Eby  2 ;  Sauder  2 ;  Longenecker.  Foul 
goals :  Sauder  4.  Final  score  was  i6« 
10.  Time  of  halves  20  minutes.  Ref- 
eree, G.  Miller. 


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On  Monday  morning  while  sitting" 
in  Chapel  we  were  surprised  to  see 
in  our  midst  one  of  our  Alumni, 
George  Capetanios  '16.  After  the 
close  of  the  devotional  exercises  he 
gave  us  a  little  Chapel  talk  which  was 
very  much  appreciated  by  all  of  us. 
At  present  Mr.  Capetanios  has  charge 
of  a  church  at  Troy,  Pa.  He  seems 
to  enjoy  his  work  very  much. 

Another  young  man  who  is  advanc- 
ing in  his  work  is  Paul  H.  Engle  '16. 
At  present  he  is  attending  Comb's 
Conservatory  of  Music  in  Philadel- 
phia. He  has  given  some  very  suc- 
cessful recitals  and  is  singing  in  one 
•of  the  churches. 

Mr.  T.  P.  Dick  '08,  who  was  elect- 


ed to  the  ministry  some  time  ago  is  at 
present   attending  Juniata   College. 

Miss  Anna  Diffenbaugh  '05  and  Mr. 
Henry  Heisey  were  united  in  marriage 
in  the  recent  past. 

David  Eugene  Schlosser  arrived 
Mar.  16,  at  the  home  of  Prof.  R.  W. 
Schlosser  '07.  We  welcome  the  little 
visitor  and  hope  to  learn  more  about 
him  when  he  enters  our  doors  as  a 
student. 

Anna  Mildred  is  the  new  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Light  '07.  She 
arrived  Mar.  12.  We  also  hope  to 
have  her  in  our  midst  at  some  future 
date. 

We  extend  our  hearty  congratula- 
tions to  the  happy  parents  of  the  new- 
comers. 


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We  are  pleased  to  have  a  paper  like 
the  "Albright  Bulletin"  on  our  table. 
Every  department  is  well  represented. 
The  Exchange  Editor  is  to  be  compli- 
mented for  her  kind  remarks.  We  like 
very  much  the  thoughts  expressed  un- 
der "Some  thoughts  from  various  ex- 
changes." Especially  do  we  class  the 
following  as  indices  of  good  moral 
character,  "Be  polite  not  because  the 
other  person  is  a  lady  or  a  gentleman, 
but  because  you  are,"  and  "There  is 
no  royal  road  to  the  harmonious  un- 
folding of  the  human  soul." 

The  "Crimson  and  Gold"  is  a  neat 
little  paper.  Its  departments  are  well 
balanced  with  the  exception  of  the 
joke  section  which  we  consider  too 
heavy  for  the  literary  and  other  depart- 
ments. 

"The  Oak  Leaves"  for  the  March 
number  are  spicy  and  interesting.  We 
wish  to  say  that  the  incident  entitled 
"Worth  more  than  a  Quarter"  pictures 
Mr.  Gingrich's  nature  to  the  iota, 
"(some  one  please  start  him.)" 

"The  Blue  and  Gold"  is  a  very 
strong  paper,  showing  the  activities 
of  the  school,  we  would  suggest  how- 
ever, that  you  inaugurate  an  Exchange 
Department.  Would  it  not  improve 
your  paper  if  you  would  enlarge  the 
"School  Notes"  corner? 


We  like  the  arrangement  of  the- 
"Perkiomenite."  The  gem  on  the  cover 
"Without  Halting  Without  Rest,  Lift- 
ing Better  up  to  Best,"  'is  a  splendid 
one  to  keep  before  you.  The  cut  for 
the  religious  notes  shows  skill.  Why 
not  get  a  cut  for  "an  Exchange"  de- 
partment. 

"The  Juniata  Echo"  is  one  of  our 
strongest  papers.  The  little  poem 
"Smile"  has  very  good  advice  for  a 
"schoolgoer."  The  editor  wishes  to 
congratulate  Miss  Edna  Brubaker  for 
the  composition  of  the  Sonnet  "The 
Dawn."  Keep  it  up  "Juniata"  you  can 
be  proud  of  your  poetess. 

All  the  above  suggestions  have  been 
given  in  a  helpful  spirit.  It  is  not  the 
aim  of  the  Editor  to  take  up  space  for 
the  sake  of  making  some  other  editor 
feel  that  he  or  she  has  totally  missed 
the  mark.  The  Editor  has  often  long- 
ed for  a  hand  shake  with  his  fellow 
exchange  editors,  but  as  this  is  about 
the  same  as  impossible,  we  can  still 
have  a  good  "pen"  shake. 

We.  the  Editorial  Board  of  the  "Col- 
lege Times"  always  accept  any  help- 
ful suggestions  which  may  be  given. 
Our  aim  certainly  is  closely  related  to 
the  thought  on  the  cover  design  of  the 
"Perkiomenite,"  Without  Halting, 
without  Rest,  Lifting  Better  up  to- 
best." 


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When  the  Green  Gits  Back  in  the  Trees. 

In  Spring,  when  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees, 

And  the  sun  comes  out  and  stays, 
And  yer  boots  pulls  on  with  a  good  tight  squeeze, 

And  you  think  of  yer  bare-foot  days; 
\\  hen  you  ort  to  work  and  you  want  to  not, 

And  you  and  yer  wife  agrees 
It's  time  to  spade  up  the  garden-lot, 

When  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees 
Well !  work  is  the  least  o'  my  idees 
When  the  green,  you  know,  gits  back  on  the  trees ! 

When  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees,  and  bees 

Is  a  buzzin'  aroun'  ag'in 
In  that  kind  of  a  lazy  go-as-you-please 

Old  gait  they  bum  roun'  in  ; 
When  the  groud's  all  bald  whare  the  hay-rick  stood, 

And  the  crick's  riz,  and  the  breeze 
Coaxes  the  bloom  in  the  old  dogwood, 

And  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees, — 
I  like,  as  I  say,  in  sich  scenes  as  these, 
The  time  when  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees! 

When  the  whole  tail-feathers  o'  Wintertime 

Is  all  pulled  out  and  gone  ! 
And  the  sap  it  thaws  and  begins  to  climb, 

And  the  swet  it  starts  out  on 
A  feller's  forred,  a  gittin'  down 

At  the  old  spring  on  his  knees — 
I  kindo'  like  jest  a-loaferin'  roun' 

When  the  green  gits  back  in  the  trees- 
Jest  a-potterin'  round'  as  I-durn-please— 
When  the  green,  you,  know,  gits  back  in  the  trees! 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Path  to  Universal  Peace. 


John  Frederick  Graham.  '17. 


Though  men  have  sought  peace  for 
m:  ny  centuries,  yet  in  all  the  annals 
of  history,  no  one  has  found  the  path 
to  Universal  Peace.  Men  have  estab- 
lished "powerful  nations  to  insure  just- 
ice and  equality  to  their  citizens.  They 
have  educated  their  citizens  in  the  arts 
of  war  to  promote  and  protect  the  in- 
terests of  peace,  but  armies  do  not  in- 
sure peace  nor  navies  guarantee  the 
progress  of  the  world.  The  army  of 
Xerxes  with  its  mighty  array  of  ori- 
ental power  could  not  establish  peace. 
The  phalanx  of  the  Grecian  warriors 
*  so  formidable  to  opposing  hosts,  so 
magnificent  in  powess  likewise  failed 
to  secure  peace  throughout  her  world- 
wide conquests.  The  Roman  legion 
under  her  great  Caesars  and  Pompeys 
seemed  merely  to  perpatuate  the  reign 
of  force.  Napoleon  by  his  magnetic 
power,  by  his  domitable  will,  with 
armies  of  trained  men  was  not  able 
to  aid  the  cause  of  peace  with  all  his 
genius.  All  these  nations  have  tried 
war  as  a  means  of  affording  peace  but 
to  no  avail.  Men  cried  out,  "We  have 
peace,  peace,"  but  in  a  short  time  those 
same  voices  shouted,  "We  must  have 
war,  war."  We  must  therefore  estab- 
lish a  new  code  of  murals  and  issue 
higher  decrees  of  justice.  Thus  alone 
may  we  be  assured  of  Universal  Peace. 

Now  as  never  before'  every  nation 
must  place  a  higher  estimate  on  hu- 
man life.  Nations  dare  not  underrate 
property    which    men    call    their    own. 


Man  has  passed  that  state  where  he  is 
a  slave  to  the  upper  classes.  He  must 
be  given  a  chance.  The  governed 
must  be  given  the  same  opportunity 
as  those  that  govern.  Then,  too,  in- 
dustrial problems  have  arisen  because 
men  have  not  been  understood.  The 
man  who  is  employed  must  under- 
stand the  employer  and  the  rights  of 
the  men  must  be  respected  by  the  em- 
ployer. Social  freedom  must  be  rea- 
lized in  a  large  degree.  Men  must  be 
drawn  closer  together  in  the  communi- 
ty and  an  opportunity  be  given  men  to 
get  together  and  feel  the  common  pulse 
of  the  nation.  Every  individual  must 
be  given  the  chance  to  worship  his 
God  as  he  chooses.  No  power  on 
earth  may  thwart  this  prerogative  of 
the  human  race.  Shall  rulers  decree 
that  all  shall  worship  in  a  specified 
way?  Never!  Man  seeks  to  express 
himself  through  the  longings  of  his 
soul.  To  check  this  desire  would  be 
the  means  of  stirring  the  human  race 
to  action.  When  these  ideals  are  rea- 
lized, we  shall  appreciate  the  value  of 
human  life,  have  a  conception  of  in- 
dustrial progress,  accomplish  the  bene- 
fits of  social  uplift,  and  recognize  the 
power  of  religious  freedom.  Will  not 
these  ideals  illuminate  the  path  that 
leads  to  Universal  Peace? 

Moreover  as  there  must  be  an  equal- 
ity among  democratic  peoples  there 
must  also  be  an  equality  among  demo- 
cratic nations.     There  must  be  a  basis  ' 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


upon  which  each  nation  can  rest  se- 
curely, a  plane  upon  which  no  nation 
shall  dictate  to  another.  Belgium 
must  be  free,  a  country  in  which  a 
Kaiser  shall  not  make  his  decrees. 
Each  nation  must  be  allowed  the  same 
number  of  outlying  passessions  and  b3 
given  proportionly  the  opportunities 
of  a  large  country.  Poland  must  be 
given  her  freedom  and  a  chance  to  de- 
velop herself  in  every  way  possible. 
She  docs  not  need  a  Czar  to  check  her 
progress  nor  a  Kaiser  to  destroy  her 
fair  land.  She  must  be  given  the  pri- 
vileges to  make  her  own  laws,  and 
what  we  say  of  these  countries  is  true 
of  the  Balkans  and  every  other  small 
nation.  May  we  therefore  strive  to 
usher  in  democratic  forms  of  govern- 
ment for  all  nations  and  thus  bring  us 
into  the  Path  of  Universal  Peace. 

Another  expedient  in  placing  the 
world  on  this  glorious  path  to  Uni- 
versal Peace  is  to  have  the  seas  free 
to  every  nation.  What  has  demoral- 
ized nations  more  than  a  deprivation 
of  the  mutual  intercourse  between  all 
nations  on  the  seas?  Did  we  not  rea- 
lize this  in  our  national  history?  Did 
not  England  in  the  beginning  of  the 
nineteenth  century  interfere  with  our 
vessels  on  the  seas?  She  tried  to  de- 
stroy our  commerce  and  make  us  her 
hostage.  We  as  a  nation  must  stand 
for  the  freedom  of  the  seas  as  we  did 
then,  if  we  wish  to  bring  about  Uni- 
versal Peace.  The  German  U-boat 
must  be  destroyed.  But  will  that 
alone  solve  the  problem?  I  say,  no. 
If  we  must  break  up  the  German  de- 
fence we  surely  must  break  up  the 
English  domination  of  the  seas  Have 
they  a  risrht  to  tell  us  Americans  what 
to  do?     Have  they  any  more  rights  on 


the  seas  than  the  Germans?  They 
have  no  more  right  to  stop  our  boats 
and  search  them  than  the  Germans 
have  to  sink  them.  The  freedom  of 
the  seas  will  bring  all  the  nations  into 
closer  touch  with  each  other.  It  will 
be  the  means  of  establishing  a  world- 
wide community  centre  so  that  a  man 
in  Europe  will  be  able  to  feel  the  heart 
throb  of  the  man  in  America  and  un- 
derstand his  motives.  This  is  what 
we  need  to  establish  world  peace. 

For  Universal  Peace  to  come  some 
of  the  present  day  hindrances  must  be 
removed.  Every  nation  must  be  dis- 
armed and  have  only  a  small  number 
of  men  in  the  standing  army.  These 
small  forces  in  every  nation  must  con- 
stitute an  international  police  force 
wdiose  duty  it  shall  be  to  bring  under 
subjection  all  uprisings.  This  force 
must  be  supported  by  an  inter- 
national court  of  justice.  No  nation 
will  then  be  allowed  to  form  alliances 
but  will  have  to  refer  all  troubles  to 
this  court.  If  one  nation  violates  the 
decrees  of  this  court  is  will  have  to  be 
punished  by  this  police  force  and  peace 
thus  maintained. 

Our  fathers  conceived  no  other 
means  of  obtaining  peace  but  by  wield- 
ing the  battle  ax  and  unsheathing  the 
sword.  They  thought  the  only  way  to 
obtain  oeace  was  to  destroy  their  ene- 
mies yet  it  did  not  bring  peace  to 
them.  They  tried  great  armaments  so 
as  to  oppose  the  strongest,  so  that  no 
nation  would  attack  them,  yet  this 
brought  no  peace.  They  made  treat- 
ies between  the  nations  at  war  but 
soon  their  pledges  were  broken.  They 
tried  arbitration,  but  the  arbitrators 
were  unjust  and  this  course  failed. 
Their  wars  broueht  them  no  love  for 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


humanity,  their  armaments  did  not 
save  them  from  the  foe,  their  treaties 
became  mere  scraps  of  paper,  and  the 
arbitrations  became  air  castles.  To- 
day we  are  trying'  a  new  method.  A 
method  by  which  men  shall  be  bound 
together  as  one  in  labor,  in  association 
and  in  religion.  We  are  pursuing  a 
course  in  which  all  nations  shall  be 
on  an  equality  and  have  one  exalted 
purpose.     We    shall    strive     for   unity 


among  individuals,  for  equality  of  na- 
tions, for  the  freedom  of  the  seas,  and 
for  the  adjustment  of  differences  by  an 
international  police  force.  Let  us 
strive  as  citizens  of  the  world  to  be- 
come one  in  thought,  in  education,  in 
government,  and  in  religion.  Then 
shall  we  see  by  the  sun  of  Righteous- 
ness the  dawn  of  Unity  in  thought,  in 
purpose,  and  in  action,  and  hail  the 
glorious  a°e  of  Universal  Peace. 


Higher  Patriotism. 

o 


A.  C.  Baugher,  '17. 


Go  back  with  me  for  several  thous- 
and years  before  the  birth  of  Christ, 
when  the  ancient  nations  were  in  their 
infancy.  Go  back  with  me  to  Egypt, 
which  marks  the  beginning  of  history; 
to  Media  and  Persia,  the  ancient  ty- 
rants of  the  East ;  to  Greece  the  birth- 
place of  civilization  ;  to  Rome  the  legis- 
lative hall  of  the  world.  As  we  turn 
back  through  the  annals  of  these  an- 
cient nations  we  notice  that  the  essen- 
tial idea  of  patriotism  consisted  large- 
ly in  the  desire  to  destroy  the  rival 
state.  If  one  nation  is  to  live  and 
flourish,  the  other,  must  be  conquered 
and  destroyed.  Ancient  history  is  sat- 
urated with  this  idea.  Assyria  for  the 
sake  of  the  glory  must  conquer  Syria. 
"The  Medes  and  Persians  in  their 
turn  must  conquer  Babylon.  Alexander 
the  Great,  for  the  sake  of  making  his 
empire  glorious,  must  bring  under 
every  tribe  and  nation  under  the  sun. 
Rome  in  coming  to  the  pinnacle  of  her 


glory  must  exact  of  all  the  world  com- 
plete subjection."  Thus  alone  Rome 
may  live. 

The  Old  Testament  also  strikingly 
portrays  the  Hebrew  conception  of 
patriotism.  Jonah  is  a  typical- patriot, 
for  he  too  perceived  the  highest  glory 
of  his  country,  in  the  complete  destruc- 
tion of  her  rivals  and  when  God  spared 
Xinevah,  this  narrow-minded  patriot 
requested  that  he  might  die.  He  saw 
nothing  worth  living  for,  since  Xine- 
vah was  spared. 

Leaving  this  age  of  barbarism,  of 
tribal  warfare,  of  bravery  without 
reverence,  and  of  courage  without  feel- 
ing, we  step  into  the  light  of  modern 
history.  In  his  age  of  freedom,  and 
independence,  the  nature  of  patriotism 
has  slightly  changed.  He  is  a  patriot 
who  carries  a  gun,  wades  in  blood,  or 
dies  in  the  trench.  All  this  is  present 
day  patriotism.  But  is  not  his  mani- 
festation  of  bravery     filled   with     the 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


ii 


spirit  of  destruction?  Is  not  patriot- 
ism too  often  nothing  but  a  vain  glori- 
ous feeling  of  superiority  over  foreign 
nations.  The  full  meaning  and  value 
of  patriotism  has  not  yet  been  realized. 
It  consists  in  doing  our  utmost  to 
make  our  country  strong,  glorious,  and 
h  movable  among  the  nations  of  the 
world.  It  consists  in  benefiting  all 
humanity,  in  serving  the  race.  This 
higher  patriotism  is  so  broad  in  its 
scope  and  so  lofty  in  its  spirit  that 
it  can  really  look  beyond  national 
boundaries  and  declare  "My  Country 
exists  not  for  her  own  greatness  and 
glory  but  for  the  greatness  and  glory 
of  all  man-kind." 

Does  love  for  our  country  mean  a 
love  for  her  size,  her  mountains,  her 
plains,  and  her  rivers?  No.  We  do 
not  love  our  country  for  her  area.  This 
would  be  a  love  for  the  material.  We 
love  our  country  for  her  inherent 
greatness.  We  love  our  country  for 
her  homes,  the  fountain  and  source  of 
all  blessings.  We  love  her  for  her 
schools,  the  dynamic  force  in  civiliza- 
tion. We  love  her  for  her  churches, 
the  silent  influence  which  brings  en- 
lightenment to  all  the  nations  of  the 
world. 

"Patriotism  is  an  instinct,  and  like 
all  other  instincts  it  can  be  preverted 
It  is  an  emotion,  and  like  all  other 
emotions  it  can  become  morbid.  It  is 
a  passion  and  like  all  other  passions 
can  become  diseased  and  dangerous. 
It  is  a  virtue  and  like  all  other  virtues 
it  can  be  pushed  too  far.  passing  into 
vice." 

Higher  patriotism  is  not  selfish.  He 
who  seeks  only  to  gratify  his  own  ap- 
petite is  a  mere  grovelling  glutton. 
He  who  builds  for  himself  a  palace  of 


brown  sand  stone  at  the  expense  of 
his  fellow-men  is  the  vilest  of  robbers. 
"No  man  whose  life  is  unsuccessful  is 
a  true  patriot,  and  he  who  lives  only 
to  eat  and  drink  is  a  failure.  His  life 
has  benefited  the  world  nothing.  He 
is  a  brute  without  a  virtue,  a  savage 
without  sympathy.  There  is  madness 
in  his  countenance;  fury  in  his  eyes; 
thunder  in  his  voice.  A  cloud  of  dark- 
ness hangs  heavily  on  his  brow.  His 
person  is  no  longer  the  image  of  his 
Maker." 

The  man  who  finds  out  which  way 
God  would  have  him  go  and  then  goes 
that  way,  even  though  he  has  to  go 
alone,  —  he  is  the  true  patriot.  This 
man  you  will  recognize  when  you  meet 
him.  He  is  like  a  continuous  gushing 
fountain  in  an  oasis  of  the  desert.  His 
face  is  ever  beaming  wuth  happiness, 
love  emanates  from  his  heart,  sympa- 
thy illuminates  his  whole  countenance, 
his  eyes  are  filled  with  tears  of  com- 
passion, and  his  soul  is  bathed  in  dew- 
drops  from  heaven.  He  meets  you 
squarely  as  he  stands  before  the  world. 
His  throne  is  wisdom,  and  his  scepter 
is  truth.  He  is  the  living  monument 
of  all  ages.  His  presence  fills  the  air 
with  majestic  power  as  the  sun  fills  the 
heavens  with  radiant  splendor.  He  is 
the  true  patriot.  He  it  is  who  brings 
happiness  to  mankind,  who  kindles 
many  a  heart  fire  with  love.  His  aim 
is  to  promote  human  happiness  and 
foster  human  uplife.  His  bravery  is 
tempered  with  virtue.  His  greatness 
consists  not  in  gaining  commercial  su- 
premacy, but  in  eenlightening  the  na- 
tions which  sit  in  darkness,  in  giving 
freedom  to  people  who  are  still  in  bond- 
age and  superstition. 

America   needs  true     patriots.     She 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


cannot  buy  them.  She  must  grow 
them.  The  home  must  awaken  to  her 
duty.  The  church  must  instill  in  the 
hearts  of  its  members  the  idea  of  rev- 
erence as  never  before.  It  behooves 
the  school  to  do  her  utmost  in  foster- 


ing the  spirit  of  industry.  Arise  and 
quicken  the  hearts  of  thy  children. 
Stamp  every  soul  with  a  higher  patriot- 
ism. A  patriotism  not  confined  to 
war,  but  a  patriotism  filled  with  love 
for  service  for  man  and  God. 


The  World's  Greatest  Need. 


G.  E.  Weaver,  '17. 


History  has  proved  to  us  that  in 
past  centuries  there  were  times  when 
men  and  women  of  great  ability  and 
powerful  influence  were  needed  to  di- 
rect the  future  of  our  country.  Strong 
men  were  needed  to  meet  the  great 
crises  which  confronted  our  nations. 
It  was  during  this  time  that  Caesar 
was  drawing  men  unto  him  and  having 
them  move  at  his  command  that  Rome 
was  at  the  height  of  her  glory.  Had 
it  not  been  for  the  magnetic  power  of 
Napoleon,  France  would  never  have 
reached  the  day  in  which  she  was 
looked  upon  as  a  world  power.  Had 
it  not  been  for  a  Washington  to  unite 
us  and  a  Lincoln  to  save  us  during 
perilous  times  we  might  never  have 
reached  the  place  we  hold  to-day  in 
the  galaxy  of  the  nations.  What  is 
said  of  Rome  and  France  and  of  our 
own  antion  may  be  said  of  other  na- 
tions as  well,  for  Carlyle  says,  "The 
history  of  a  great  nation  is  the  history 
of  its  great  men." 

The  need  of  great  leaders  did  not 
cease  at  the  close  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  When  we  think  of  the  pre- 
sent relations  anions  the  countries  of 


the  world  we  are  forced  to  believe  that 
there  never  was  a  time  during  which 
the  world  was  in  greater  need  of  true 
leaders.  Was  there  ever  a  time  in  the 
history  of  human  progress  when  more 
people  were  concerned  about  the  wel- 
fare of  their  respective  states  than 
they  are  to-day?  Never  have  the  lead- 
ers of  our  nations  had  more  perplexing 
problems  to  solve  than  in  this  twen- 
tieth century. 

In  this  present  age  we  are  continual- 
ly in  need  of  men  who  are  able  to 
lead  us  along  many  lines  of  activity. 
Over  our  entire  nation  we  hear  the 
cry  for  more  efficient  teachers  to 
mould  the  characters  of  the  children 
of  our  land.  Medical  men  are  meet- 
ing new  and  complicated  diseases  in 
which  they  need  the  best  trained  men. 
A  proficient  lawyer  is  always  in  de- 
mand. A  great  orator  is  usually  en- 
gaged for  more  than  a  year  in  advance. 
Thus,  do  we  see  that  the  man  who 
leads  in  his  field  of  endeavor  is  the 
man  who  is  called  for  to-day. 

But  if  we  are  supplied  with  able 
statesmen  to  direct  us  through  this 
present  world  war,   that  will  not  end 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


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the  need  for  great  leaders,  centuries 
will  have  passed  before  the  effects  of 
our  present  situation  will  end  regard- 
less of  the  action  we  may  take,  and 
during  all  these  centuries,  in  all  the 
difficulties  that  confront  them,  nations 
will  be  crying  for  men  and  women  of 
the  true  stamp  to  guide  them  aright. 

If  nations  hope  to  be  supplied  with 
able  men  and  women  to  direct  them, 
they  must  have  in  training  at  the  pre- 
sent time  those  who  will  some  day 
stand  forth  and  triumph  over  the  diffi- 
culties they  have  to  face.  Every 
new  movement  and  every  step  in  ad- 
vance brings  with  it  new  problems  to 
solve.  Every  decade  we  are  forcing 
upon  ourselves  situations  that  were 
foreign  to  past  generations.  It  is  for 
these  new  situations  that  we  need 
leaders  of  the  right  pattern. 

The  world  does  not  always  recog- 
nize the  greatness  of  some  men  until 
they  have  completed  their  work.  Co- 
lumbus although  he  discovered  Ameri- 
ca, died  in  chains.  William  Tyndale, 
because  he  tried  to  give  the  English 
people  the  Bible  in  their  native  lan- 
guage. wras  burned  at  the  stake. 
James  Chalmers,  because  he  wanted  to 
proclaim  the  gospel  to  the  South  Sea 
Islanders,  was  killed  by  these  canni- 
bals and  eaten.  Martin  Luther  was 
not  understood  to  the  fullest  extent  un- 
til after  his  death.  Our  Lord  and 
Savior  died  on  the  cross  and  yet  none 
of  us  would  hesitate  in  calling'  Him 
the  greatest  leader  that  the  world  has 
ever  known. 

To  become  a  leader  one  must  poss- 
ess certain  strong  characteristics.  He 
must  first  of  all  have  a  training  that 
will  qualify  him  to  choose  the  right 
and  the  best  to  be  obtained.     In  our 


present  age  one  who  would  succeed  in 
life  and  accomplish  anything  must  be 
able  to  profit  by  the  past  and  glance 
into  the  need  of  the  future.  In  order 
to  do  the  most  efficient  work  a  har- 
monious development  of  body,  mind, 
and  soul  are  essential.  Truly  some 
great  men  have  had  frail  bodies,  but  in 
order  to  become  the  most  valuable  to 
our  fellowmen  we  need  a  strong  body 
as  well  as  a  strong  mind.  It  is  also 
necessary  that  a  leader  have  a  strong 
determination  to  stand  for  the  right 
regardless  of  the  stand  others  may 
take.  However,  a  person  may  choose 
the  right  and  still  lack  some  of  the 
qualities  of  a  true  leader.  To  tell  his 
convictions  to  people  that  he  may  con- 
vince them  :  to  convince  people  to  be- 
lieve as  he  believes  is  the  real  test  of 
a  leader.  A  person  may  become  a  real 
storehouse  of  knowledge  but  if  he  does 
not  have  the  powrer  to  influence  others, 
he  is,  so  far  as  the  betterment  of  so- 
ciety in  concerned,  practically  useless. 

Why  do  so  few7  people  become  lead- 
ers of  the  true  stamp?  It  is  because 
they  are  not  willing  to  go  where  duty 
calls,  but  would  rather  go  wdiere  they 
can  have  the  most  pleasure,  and  bear 
the  least  responsibility.  In  order  to 
become  leaders  men  must  go  where 
duty  calls,  rather  than  where  pleasure 
invites.  The  people  who  are  not  will- 
ing to  do  what  duty  demands  are  seek- 
ing popularity  rather  than  an  oppor- 
tunity to  serve.  To  attain  to  positions 
of  true  leadership  we  must  be  willing 
to  live  a  life  of  sacrifice.  Greatness  is 
not  attained  merely  by  holding  posi- 
tions of  honor. 

To-day  we  hear  the  cry  ringing 
throughout  the  entire  nation,  "Men 
wanted  for- the  United  States  Army." 


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Perhaps  she  will  need  men  to  serve 
her  in  this  capacity  but  she  has  a  far 
greater  need  for  men  than  merely  to 
volunteer  for  military  service.  The 
world's  greatest  need  to-day  is  men 
and  women  who  are  willing  to  take  the 
place  of  a  Washington,  a  Lincoln,  or 
a  Livingstone  and  be  true  leaders  of 
the  human  race.  When  we  think  of 
the  condition  of  our  schools,  of  our 
churches,  of  our  state,  and  of  our  na- 
tion we  hear  the  call  coming  from  all 
directions  for  men  of  the  true  stamp, 
for  men   who  are   willing  and  able  to 


serve  their  nation  and  their  God;  yes, 
for  strong  and  stalwart  men. 

"Men  whom  highest  hope  inspires, 
Men  whom   purest  honor  fires,     , 
Men  who  trample  self  beneath  them, 
Men  who  make  their  country  wreathe 
them 

As  her  noble  sons, 

Worthy   of  their  sires ; 
Men  who  never  shame  their  mothers, 
Men  who  never  fail  their  brothers, 
True,  however  false  are  others ; 

Give  us  men,  I  say  again, 

Give  us  men." 


Respect  For  Authority, 


J.    S.   Harley,   A.   M. 


Those  of  us  who  have  been  reared 
on  farms  are  familiar  with  the  spec- 
tacle of  two  roosters  fighting  for  su- 
premacy in  a  barnyard,  and  have  no- 
ticed how  after  a  fight  the  one  who  has 
been  defeated  respects  the  authority 
of  the  other.  It  is,  however,  a  low 
form  of  respect,  for  it  is  actuated  by 
fear ;  but  it  is  typical  of  much  of  the 
respect  we  find  in  the  world  and  it  is 
by  no  means  confined  to  roosters. 

It  was  Daniel  Boone  or  some  one  of 
the  pioneer  settlers  who  emigrated  to 
the  newer  territory  in  the  early  his- 
tory of  our  nation,  who  was  in  the 
course  of  time  elected  judge  in  one  of 
the  organized  districts.  The  law- 
breakers in  his  jurisdiction  began  to 
keep  the  peace,  not  because  they  had 
undergone  a  change  of  heart,  but  be- 
cause  the   fear  awakened   in   them   by 


his  vigorous  prosecuton  of  transgress- 
ors caused  them  to  respect  his  authori- 
ty- 

This  sort  of  respect  for  authority  is 
better  than  none  at  all  because  it  helps 
to  keep  the  peace.  It  is  sad  to  reflect, 
however,  that  perhaps  thousands  of 
persons  adopt  a  form  of  religion  be- 
cause fear  of  hell  fire  has  inspired  in 
them  a  respect  for  the  authority  of 
God.  Small  children  are  in  large 
measure  incapable  of  any  higher  form 
of  respect  for  authority,  and  they  obey 
their  parents  because  they  dread  the 
whipping  which  will  follow  disobedi- 
ence ;  and  when  they  become  old 
enough  to  go  to  college  they  have 
sometimes  not  yet  attained  to  much 
of  the  higher  form  of  respect  for  those 
to  whom  their  interests  are  entrusted, 
in  consequence  of  which  it  becomes  a 


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problem  how  to  deal  with  them. 

Perhaps  the  main  interest  attached 
to  this  subject  is  how  to  develop  a 
higher  form  of  respect  out  of  the 
crude,  primitive  form.  And  at  the 
foundation  of  all  true  respect  for  oth- 
ers, we  should  say,  lies  self-respect. 
"This  above  all,  to  thine  own  self  be 

true, 
"And  is  must  follow  as  the  night  the 

day. 
Thou   canst   not  then  be  false  to  any 

man." 

Humanity.  Ave  are  told,  does  not  ne- 
cessitate our  going  about  with  down- 
cast eyes  as  if  we  were  ashamed,  but 
it  permits  us  to  look  the  world  in  the 
face.  We  should  never  lose  our  self- 
respect.  An  Englishman  flattered  a 
Scotchman  by  saying  that  if  he  could 
not  be  an  Englishman  he  would  want 
to  be  a  Scotchman  ;  the  latter  returned 
the  compliment  by  saying  that  if  he 
were  not  a  Scotchman  he  would  be  an 
Englishman  ;  and  both  then  turned  to 
an  Irishman,  who  stood  near,  and 
whom  they  considered  inferior  to 
themselves,  but  who  thought  himself 
quite  as  good  as  either  of  them,  and 
asked  him  what  he  would  be  if  he 
were  not  an  Irishman.  The  reply 
Avas,  "If  I  Avere  not  an  Irishman  I 
would  be  ashamed  of  myself,"  Thus 
bluntly  did  the  last  of  the  three  express 
his  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  normal, 
healthy  regard  for  one's  self  by  virtue 
of  which  a  person  Avill  be  able  to  look 
into  a  mirror,  and  be  it  the  face  of 
an  Irishman,  a  Greek,,  or  a  Cherokee 
that  he  sees,  he  need  not  be  ashamed 
of  himself.  And  if  we  Avould  turn  the 
mirror  upon  our  souls  oftener  and 
cleanse  away  Avhat  is  unworthy  we 
AAonld  haA-e  less  cause  to  be  ashamed. 


Self-respect  means  to  be  on  one's  dig- 
nity ;  to  stand  four-square  to  every 
wind  that  blows;  not  to  be  one  thing 
in  secret  and  another  in  public.  To 
possess  it  in  full  measure  will  keep  us 
all  busy.  Whoever  has  this  spirit  will 
not  fail  to  respect  authority,  in  the 
highest  sense  of  the  term  respect,  for 
the  man  who  is  honest  with  himself 
will  not  fail  to  be  honest  with  all  the 
Avorld.  He  will  accord  to  every  posi- 
tion of  trust  that  honor  which  is  its 
due,  and  will  see  in  it  something  of 
the  dignity  of  God  whence  all  authori- 
ty comes. 

The  self-respecting  student  will  in 
his  associations  with  his  teachers  de- 
light to  shoAv  the  reverence  and  re- 
spect due  to  those  who  impart  to  him 
culture  and  instruction  and  lift  him 
t<>  higher  planes  of  experience.  Dur- 
ing his  sojourn  at  school  he  will  feel 
someAvhat  as  if  he  Avere  a  guest  in  the 
college  home.  True,  he  pays  his  bills, 
but  that  is  only  the  business  end  of  the 
transaction.  How  ungratful  in  any 
one  to  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  a  home, 
to  be  admitted  into  it j  privacy,  and 
then  to  go  and  speak  disparagingly  and 
make  common  conversation  of  Avhat 
has  there  come  to  his  notice,  instead 
of  holding  it  sacred !  Should  College 
Hill  be  sacred  to  us?  Yes.  If  there 
has  been  but  one  student  Avho  has 
dAvelt  within  these  Avails  and  has  striv- 
en here  after  a  nobler  life,  has  labored 
to  enrich  his  mind  and  purify  his  char- 
acter, and  then  gone  out  to  bless  the 
Avorld  with  his  service,  that  has  been 
enough  to  sanctify  this  hill  foreA-er. 
And  there  has  been  more  than  one. 
Be  assured,  if  ypu  are  making  light  of 
and  scorning  the  ideals  and  the  admo- 
nitions  of-  those    who   here    appeal   to 


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you  and  who  try  to  win  you  to  a  high- 
er life,  you  are  committing  sacrilege. 
Be  assured,  whoever  you  are.  if  you 
ride  roughshod  over  regulations  which 
were  made  for  your  good  and  for  the 
advancing  of  the  highest  interests  of 
all  connected  with  the  institution,  if 
you  cultivate  the  habit  of  speaking  dis- 
respectfully of  those  whom  the  trustees 
have  placed  here  with  the  purest  in- 
tentions that  they  should  instruct  you, 
open  your  eyes  to  the  grandest  possi- 
bilities within  the  reach  of  human  be- 
ings, and  steady  your  inexperienced 
feet  while  you  learn  to  walk  life's 
rough  road,  you  are  guilty  of  one  of 
the  most  contemptible  acts  of  ingrati- 
tude, exceeded  perhaps  only  by  that 
of  the  wretch  who  dishonors  the  fath- 
er and  mother  that  gave  him  life,  that 
cherished  and  nursed  his  tended  bud- 
ding infancy  and  loved  him  as  their 
own  souls. 

Lastly,  respect  for  authority  and 
sympathy  with  the  interests  and  the 
movements  which  that  authority  rep- 
resents will  give  us  the  spirit  of  con- 
structiveness.  We  will  want  to  build 
up  and  not  tear  down,  help  and  not 
hinder.  A  man  was  trying  in  vain  to 
start  his  motorcycle.  He  cranked, 
and  adjusted  and  toiled,  and  cranked. 
But  the  machine  moved  not.  Some- 
one near  by  remarked,  "The  spark-plug 
will  not  act."  Every  other  part  of  that 
machine  was  ready  t:  do  its  duty, — 
the  tires,  the  chain,  the  cylinders,  the 
handle-bars.  But  they  had  to  wait'  for 
the  stubborn  spark-plug.  When,  at 
last,  the  plug  became  willing  to  per- 
form its  service,  every  other  part  of 
the  machine  instantly  took  up  its  labor. 


The  engine  throbbed,  the  man  jump- 
ed into  the  saddle,  and  down  the  street 
like  a  streak  went  the  happy  traveler, 
reeling  off  mile  after  mile  of  his  jour- 
ney. All  was  progress,  all  was  action. 
Why  did  the  man  have  to  coax  tha 
stubborn  spark-plug  so  long?  Why 
will  students  compel  teachers  to  turn 
aside  from  the  more  important  work 
of  preparing  rich  things  for  the  intel- 
lects of  those  students,  and  compel 
them  to  spend  their  time  and  energy 
trying  to  set  them  right  i.i  matters 
of  behavior?  Self-respect  should 
cause  each  student  to  say,  "I  am 
enough  of  a  man.  or  woman,  to  keep 
myself  straight."  Why  will  students 
compel  the  discipline  committee  to 
spend  hours  of  its  precious  time  at- 
tempting to  bring  them  to  order  and 
into  an  attitude  of  sympathetic  coop- 
eration with  the  various  parts  of  the 
organization,  so  that  the  school  may 
go  forward  in  its  great  work  of  guid- 
ing the  world  to  its  glorious  destiny? 

Instead  of  being  a  loose  screw,  a 
broken  cog,  a  knocker,  a  pessimist, 
crippling  the  work  of  the  machine  of 
which  you  are  a  part,  rather  roll  up 
your  sleeves,  get  down  and  do  some- 
thing useful :  and  while  you  are  at  this 
school  find  your  joy  in  helping  the 
school  to  become  stronger  and  more 
effective  every  day ;  try  to  boost  the 
institution  instead  of  trying  to  bust 
it.  And  when  you  are  praying  and 
there  comes  an  interval  when  you  do 
not  know  what  to  say  next,  just  fill  in 
the  space  with  something  like,  "God 
Almighty,  bless  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege." 


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Just  May  Again! 
Inez  E.  Byers,  '17. 
Early  in  the  morning  when  some 
■good  fairy  in  disguise  (a  tightly 
wound  alarm  clock)  quickly  heralds  a 
new  day  into  our  life, — then  it  is  that 
the  Maytime  softly  and  gently  draws 
us  from  the  world  of  golden  dreams  in- 
to the  mellow  realms  of  life..  The 
Dawn  like  a  sweet  babe  with  rosy 
tinted  fingers  creeps  over  the  grasssy 
hills,  opening  its  arms  in  an  ecstasy 
of  joy  to  embrace  the  Xew  Day.     As 


our  kindred  spirits  return  from  their 
flight  to  the  inner  world,  we  suddenly 
realize  that  our  neighbors'  alarm 
clocks,  "Baby  Bens"  and  all  "  are  go- 
ing off"  along  the  hall  as  if  the  Kaiser 
had  given  the  command  to  "fire." 
Then  loud  and  clear  from  the  belfry 
tower  we  hear  that  familiar  clang  of 
our  College  Hill  joy  bell.  A  low 
rhythmical  hum  of  activity  ascends 
through  the  open  window  from  the 
Dairy  Farm  and  a  rushing  accompa- 
nied in  sixty-fourth  time  is  played  by 


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a  throng  of  happy  hearted  girls  joy- 
fully tripping  through  the  halls  to 
breakfast. 

Now  all  gaiety  ceases  as  our  college 
family  is  linked  together  in  a  chain 
wrought  of  our  Father's  love.  Every 
heart  is  peacefully  beating  in  harmony 
with  the  aroma  of  bursting  buds,  na- 
ture's incense  offered  with  our  morn- 
ing blessing  of  praise.  Soon  the  appe- 
tizing odors  of  fried  potatoes,  hominy 
and  "Salmagundi"  make  our  mouths 
water  until  the  trickling  brook  at  the 
edge  of  the  campus  is  in  danger  of  re- 
ceiving new  tributaries.  After  this 
morning  meal,  it  seems  that  the  peach 
blossoms  in  the  orchard  with  some  of 
their  pink  petals  still  lingering  in  the 
fleecy  blue  clouds  and  the  tulips  with 
their  rich  lined  cups  just  opening  to  re- 
ceive the  morning  dew,  vie  with  each 
other  as  to  which  should  be  the  stu- 
dents' desert.  We  always  say  "Some 
of  each.  Mother  Xature,  thank  you," 
and  then  lend  our  ears  to  the  Robin 
Redbreasts,  merrily  warbling  out  their 
praiseful  lays  ("to  our  Audubon  girls 
of  course)  until  they  nearly  choke  by 
getting  several  notes  crosswise  in  their 
little  throats  during  this  outpouring  of 
joy. 

More  than  one  wistful  glance  is  cast 
towards  the  freshly  marked  tennis 
courts   but   "lessons   first"   dispels   the 


charm  until  the  day's  work  is  overr 
when  with  a  feeling  of  "well  done" 
coming  into  our  souls,  we  linger  at  the 
close  of  day.  With  throbbing  hearts, 
flushed  brows,  every  muscle  pulsating 
with  life's  old  sweet  song,  we  rest  our 
eyes  upon  a  distant  knoll  on  which 
three  telegraph  poles  are  arranged  as 
the  crosses  on  Calvary.  The  crimson 
sunset  triumphantly  stretches  its  blood 
stained  banner  across  the  skies  and 
melts  away  into  a  golden  haze,  leaving 
the  green  trees,  fields  of  fresh  earth, 
blossoming  orchards,  verdant  woods, 
and  winding  brooks  in  an  effusion  of 
beauty  from  the  Master's  palate. 

Oh !  that  we  in  the  ardor  of  youth 
could  always  go  a-Maying!  Could  we 
with  rosv  fingers  shake  hands  with 
each  new  day  of  our  lives  and  with 
well  guided  hands  build  each  moment 
of  the  future  upon  the  Maytime  of  our 
school  days.  Hope,  thou  art  fleet  as 
Life,  but  remain  thou  with  us  and  we 
can  live  in  an  inner  world  beautified 
by  the  Master's  hand,  illuminating  our 
neighbor's  life  with  a  child's  touch. 
Then  as  the  last  blossoms  of  earth 
cluster  their  mellow  fruits  around  us, 
may  we.  looking  toward  Calvary,  as 
gently  as  leaves  be  brought  to  harbor 
with  our  toil  worn  muscles  like  strong 
cables  shining  in  the  golden  sunset  of 
just  another  May. 


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Spring-   is   here. 

Tenis  and  baseball  are  in  progress. 

On  April  5th  Dr.  Andrew  Johnson 
of  Philadelphia,  delivered  his  very 
interesting  lecture  on  "Eli  and  Den- 
nis" in  the  College  Chapel.  The  night 
being  very  rainy  the  lecturer  remark- 
ed that  the  weather  had  prevented  the 
lecture  from  being  dry.  Dr.  Jackson 
is  an  able  speaker  and  humorist.  His 
lecture  was  enjoyed  by  all  who  were 
present. 

The  Chapel  talks  during  the  last 
month  were:  "Concentration,"  Dr.  D. 
C.  Reber  and  "Respect  for  Authori- 
ty." Prof.  Harley. 

Prof.  Harley— "The  sugar  is  all. 
How  is  all  used  in  this  sentence?" 

Mr.  Meyer— "It  is  used  as  a  S.  P.  A. 
meaning    all    sugar." 

Prof. — "That  is  right.  It  means  the 
absence  of  the  sugar." 

Prof.  Ober  made  a  business  trip  to 
Elgin.  Illinois,  where  he  met  with  the 
General  Sunday  School  Board.  Prof. 
Ober  is  President  of  the  Board. 


On  Account  of  the  War. 

The  Seniors  fearing  the  scarcity  of 
food,  had  chosen  the  bean  tree  as  their 
class  tree  and  selected  the  daisy  as 
their  class  flower.  They  have  finally 
selected  an  umbrella  tree,  which  they 
planted  by  night  to  keep  off  the  spray 
from  the  hose. 

Mr.  Long  uses  Dutch  Cleanser  in- 
stead of  tooth-powder. 

Marriage  licenses  considered— J.  H. 

Correspondence  is  lessened — C  A. 
B. 

Miss  Kilhefner  to  the  Conductor — 
"At  which  end  shall  I  get  off?" 

Conductor— "It  doesn't  matter  both 
ends    stop." 

Recently  some  of  the  students  visit- 
ed the  school  of  one  of  our  former 
students  Esther  Falkenstein.  As  the 
students  were  approaching  the  school 
house  they  saw  a  little  fellow  climbing 
up  a  tree.  At  first  sight  it  was 
thought  that  he  took  his  flight  to  es- 
cape punishment,  but  after  their  ar- 
rival learned,  that  the  boy  was  sent 
up  the  tree  to  get  a  twig  for  the  draw- 


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ing  class.  Miss  Falkenstein  shows  in- 
terest in  her  work  and  also  has  the 
pupils  interested.    . 

Mr.  Beetem  to  Miss  Young,  who 
was  clerking  in  the  5  and  10c  store — 
"How  do  you  sell  your  chocolate  cara- 
mels?" 

Miss  Young — "6  for  5c." 

Mr.  Beetem— "6  for  5c.  then  that 
will  be  5  for  4c.  4  for  3c,  3  for  2c,  2 
for  ic,  and  1  for  nothing,  I'll  take 
one." 

Miss  Young  was  very  much  bewil- 
dered, and  had  to  call  the  floor  walk- 
er Mr.  Miller  to  help  her  out  of  her 
perplexity. 

Arbor  Day  Program. 

On  Friday  afternoon.  Aoril  13.  at  3 
o'clock  in  Music  Hall,  the  Seniors 
rendered  their  Arbor  Day  program, 
which  was  enjoyed  by  all  who  attend- 
ed. The  following  program  was  giv- 
en : 

Opening  Address — President,  C.  A. 
Baugher  ;  Essay — "Arbor  Day,"  Ruth 
Eshelman  ;  Oration  — "Beauty  and  Val- 
ue of  Trees,"  Clarence  Ebersole ;  Vo- 
cal Solo — Lydia  Withers  ;  Main  Ad- 
dress— Dr.  R.  C.  Schiedt ;  Music— 
"Out  on  the  Leafy  Campus,"  Mixed 
Quartette :  Planting  of  the  Tree,  Sen- 
iors ;  Dismissal. 

Visitors. 

Prof.  Leiter's  parents  from  Smiths- 
burg.   Maryland,   visited   Prof.   Leiter. 

Miss  Liiime  Bonebrake  from  Way- 
nesboro, visited  her  sister,  Mildred 
Bonebrake. 

Bible   Institutes. 
Professors    Ober   and    Schlosser     at 
Westminster.   Md.,   March   21-26. 
Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  and  Prof.  Meyer  at 


Harrisburg,  March  22-24. 

Prof.  Ober  and  Prof.  Schlosser  at 
Ephrata,  April   14-16. 

Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  and  Prof.  Meyer  at 
Lebanon,  March  31st  and  April   1st. 

The  faculty  and  student  body  desire 
to  express  to  Miss  Frances  Ulrich  their 
appreciation  for  an  Althea  and  two 
Spirea  bushes,  also  for  California  Pop- 
py seed  and  other  seeds  for  planting 
a  flower  bed.  Anything  which  adds 
to  the  beauty  of  our  campus  we  appre- 
ciate and  desire  to  thank  Miss  Ulrich 
very    heartily. 

Miss  Ruth  Landis  from  Blue  Ridge 
College,  visited  her  brother  Walter 
Landis. 

Owen  Hershey  from  the  University 
of  Pensylvania,  visited  John  and  Hen- 
ry  Hershey. 

Miss  Eshelman  to  the  Conductor — 
"What  time  does  the  one  o'clock  car 
leave?" 

Conductor — "was   sleeping." 

Blue  Monday  found  J.  Graham  in 
Shiffer's  Book  Store  buying  letter  pa- 
per.    We  wonder  why. 

Mr.  Miller — "If  is  wouldn't  have 
been  for  one  mistake  the  Civil  War 
would  have  been  fought  in  our  gar- 
den." 

Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  met  with  the  Edu- 
cational Board  of  the  Church  of  the 
Brethren   at   Elgin,   Illinois,   recently. 

Prof.  Via  to  Mr.  Baugher — "When 
I  got  my  glasses  one  glass  was  turn- 
ed in  and  the  other  one  was  turned 
out." 

Mr.  Baugher— "I  guess  the  one  that 
was  turned  out  was  for  some  one  to 
look  in." 

Prof.  "It  might  be." 


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Mr.  H.  Hershey  says,  he  can  make 
buttons  out  of  butter-milk. 

Why  is  a  hen  immortal? 

Ans. — Because  her  son  never  sets. 

Miss  Mover  to  Mr.  Wenger— "Mr. 
Wenger,  you  can  be  accompanied  by 
some  one  on  Friday  evening." 

Mr.  Wenger— "Oh !  That  means  I 
can  accompany  some  one  in  singing." 

A  prospective  student — "Kaiser 
Wilhelm  specializing  on  public  speak- 
ing   to  address  U.  S.  Army." 

Mr.  Baugher  to  Prof.  Harley— 
"Here  Prof.  Harley  is  the  cent  I  owe 
you." 

Prof.  IT. — "I  don't  want  it  give  it  to 
the  heathen." 

Mr.  Baugher — "That  was  my  inten- 
tion." 

Miss   Meyer  in   Grammar  gave  this 

sentence  to  Miss  Reber— "He  has 

me  often."  Put  in  the  proper  form 
of  see.. 

Miss  Reber — "Pie  has  seen  me  oft- 
en." 

Miss  Meyer— "Now  you  made  an 
honest  confession." 

Mr.  Young  to  Mr.  Shissler — "I  will 
never  forget  the  lecture  on  the  5th  of 
April." 

Mr.   Shissler— "Why  not?" 
Mr.  Young — "Because  I  didn't  want 
to  sit  beside  of  her." 

Mr.  Ebersole  to  the  Book  Room 
Clerk  — "What  do  you  sell  your  10 
cent  bottles  of  ink  at?" 

Clerk — "We  sell  them  at  10  cents  a 
bottle  to-day." 

Mr.  Ebersole  — "I'll  take  one." 

Mr.  Baum  one  of  our  students  pass- 
ed through  a  successful  operation  for 
appendicitis   in   the   York   Hospital   at 


York.  The  last  report  we  had  from 
Mr.  Baum  was  favorable.  We  wish 
him  a  speedy  recovery. 

The  Music  Department  of  Eliza- 
bethtown  College  will  render  a  Can- 
tata in  Market  Hall  May  10,  at  8  p.  m. 
This  promises  to  be  a  very  interesting 
number  of  our  lecture  course  and  we 
invite  you  to  come  and  bring  your 
friends. 

Mr.  Sherman  was  seen  going  across 
the  campus  with  "her"  grip,  and  he 
had  just  recently  recovered  from  the 
grippe. 

Mr.J.  Hershey— "I  wouldn't  know 
what  to  do  if  it  wouldn't  be  for  my 
social  privileges." 

We  have  with  us  several  old  stu- 
dents this  Spring*,  who  have  been 
teaching  during  the  Winter.  Miss 
Grace  Burkhart  and  Miss  Mary  Spi- 
dle  are  here  again.  Messrs.  Fahne- 
stock,  Keefer,  Bucher  and  E.  Meyer 
have  also  arrived  for  the  remainder  of 
the  term. 

In  English  Class. 

Questioning  the  truth  of  Shake- 
speare's statement  that  a  man  in  love 
is  known  by  his  disordered  attire, 
John  Hershey  innocently  said,  "Why 
I  thoughf~you  would  want  to  'slick' 
up.  I  don't  know.  Maybe  I'm  not 
in  that  far  yet." 

The  faculty  wishes  to  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  a  crow,  mounted  and 
placed  in  a  beautiful  oak  case  by  Mr. 
R.  B.  Fogelsanger.  His  Avork  shows 
great  skill  and  the  gift  is  certainly  ap- 
preciated. It  occupies  a  conspicuous 
place  in  our  library. 

Miss  Floy  Good  has  discontinued 
her  work  here.  She  is  at  her  home  in 
York. 


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The  faculty  wishes  to  acknowledge 
the  receiot  of  three  plants  from  Mrs. 
Charles  Madeira.  These  have  been 
placed  in  the  reception  room  and  add 
greatly  to  its  apoearance. 

At   t!:e    Baseball    Game. 

Miss  Ronebrake — "Say,  how  many 
endings  (inning's)  has  a  game?" 

Miss  Vera  Kilhefner  of  Eohrata, 
visited   Miss   Ruth   Kilhefner  recently. 

Miss  Lore  Rrenisholtz,  our  piano 
teacher,  soent  April  14-16  in  Philadel- 
phia. She  heard  some  of  the  world's 
celebraties  in  musical  lines. 

Misses  Ruth  Bucher  and  Florence 
Mover  spent  Easter  at  their  homes 
near  Philadelphia. 

Advice   to    Students. 

Never  obey  regulations — If  you  do 
you  will  be  doing  as  the  faculty  wish- 
es. 

Never  be  on  time  at  Chapel— things 
would  move  smoothly  if  you  were. 

Never  take  part  in  Prayer  Meeting 
— You  would  be  developing  your 
spiritual   side. 

When  you  are  playing  tennis  never 
give  the  person  on  the  other  side  of 
the  net  the  benefit  of  the  doubt — if 
you  do  you  won't  win  the  game. 

Always  eat  with  your  knife — be- 
cause it's  proper  to  eat  with  your  fork, 
Never  do  a  bit  more  work  than  you 
must — it's  hard  on  your  constitution. 

Don't  join  the  literary  societies— 
if  you  do  they  will  put  you  on  the 
program. 

Never  miss  a  social  privilege — > 
someone  else  might  look  at  him  or  her. 

Never  mind  your  own  business- 
keep  a  "but  in"  card  on  hand. 

Always  lose  your  temper  in  a  game 
— otherwise  the  game  would  be  slow. 


Never  heed  the  advice  given  in 
Chapel  talks — they  are  just  given  to 
kill  time  anyway. 

Never  show  consideration  for  any- 
one else  —  it's  a  mark  of  good  breeding 
you  know. 

Never  turn  off  your  lights  at  ten— 
if  you  do  you  won't  get  your  name  in 
"the  little  red  book." 

Don't  "keep  sweet" — Sweet  things 
spoil. 

If  you  can't  push,  then  pull  and  if 
you  can't  pull,  get  out  of  the  way. 

Miss  Burkhart  to  Miss  Moyer— "Oh, 
Flossie,  look  at  the  new  moon." 

Miss  Moyer — "Say  Burkie,  when 
the  moon's  new,  how  long  does  it  take 
till  it  gets  full." 

Miss  Lore  Brenisholt  had  her  moth- 
er as  her  guest  on  Sunday,  April  22. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luther  Leiter  visited 
their  daughter  Kathryn,  April  22. 

Dr.  Rcber  announced  in  Chapel  one 
morning: — "The  'Young'  sisters  (Ada 
and  Martha)  are  excused  to-day." 
Consequently  that  afternoon  quite  a 
few  of  the  girls  took  a  half  day  off. 
Cupid  Busy. 

That  little  god  has  been  busy  among 
our  former  students  again.  This 
time  his  arrows  have  pierced  the 
hearts  of  Mr.  Ralph  Heisey  and  Miss 
Sadie  Carper.  Now  they  are  insepar- 
ably united.  They  were  married 
April  T2,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents  in  Palmyra.  After  a  wedding 
tour  to  Atlantic  City  they  went  to 
Pottsville,  where  they  will  reside.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heisey  are  known  by 
many  of  our  readers.  "Our  College 
Times"  extends  heartiest  congratula- 
tions. 

Miss  Ruth  Kilhefner  attended  the 
wedding  of  Mr.  Heisey  and  Miss  Car- 
per, noted  elsewhere. 

Miss  Anna  Brubaker,  a  former  stu- 
dent, was  present  at  Keystone  Liter- 
ary Society  Friday,   April  20. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


Keystone  Society  Notes. 

Three  cheers  for  the  Keystone  Lit- 
erary Society  !  The  "Dice  Box"  one  of 
the  main  features  of  our  anniversary 
program  of  April  13th,  brought  to  us 
an  echo  of  the  humor,  originality,  vig- 
or, and  artistic  side  of  our  Society  ses- 
sions of  past  and  present  years.  In 
these  days  we  are  all  talking  about 
patriotism  and  loyalty  to  our  coun- 
try and  to  other  prominent  forces. 
Let  us  think  of  our  Society  in  this 
light  also ;  let  us  give  to  it  our  loyal 
support  in  attendance  of  its  sessions, 
and  in  the  manner  of  our  rendering  and 
receiving  the  programs.  The  motto 
"Excelcior"  has  been  well  chosen.  It 
is  up  to  us  to  constantly  remember 
this  motto  and  aim  toward  a  fuller 
realization  of  its  meaning. 

The  Society  met  in  public  session  on 
the  evening  of  March  16,  1917.  The 
program  was  rendered  as  follows : — 
Music,  Piano  Solo — "Valse  Caprice," 
and  "Prelude".  Chopin  — Florence 
Mover;  Referred  Question.  "Discus- 
sion on  the  Hershey  Chocolate  Fac- 
tory. Hershey.  Pa."  Noah  Sullivan ; 
Music,  Vocal  Solo — "Pilgrim's  Chor- 
us," Mary  Hiestand  ;  Debate — "Re- 
solved, That  the  United  States  was 
not  Justified  in  Severing  Relations 
with  Germany."  Affirmative  speakers 
were  Kathryn  Burkhart  and  Melvin 
Shissler;  the  negative  speakers,  Ella 
Holsinger  and  Paul  Schwenk;  the 
judges  Miss  Arbegast,  Mr.  Baugher 
and  Mr.  John  Hershey  decided  in  fav- 
or of  the  affirmative  side ;  Music,  Pi- 
ano Duet— "Charge  of  the  Uhlans," 
Misses  Eshelman  and  Withers;  Reci- 
tation— "The  Black  Horse,"  Jennie 
Shope. 


A  public  meeting  of  the  Society  was 
held  in  Society  Hall,  Friday  evening, 
April  6,  1917. 

The  newly  elected  officers  were  in- 
augurated as  follows— President,  Wal- 
ter Landis ;  Vice  President,  Alfred 
Eckroth ;  Secretary,  Ada  Young;  Crit- 
ic, Prof.  Leiter. 

The  program  was  then  opened  with 
a  song  by  the  Society,  after  which  a 
Recitation  entitled  "What  William 
Henry  Did,"  was  given  b}^  Ada 
Young;  in  the  Debate  "Resolved,  That 
it  is  better  for  boys  to  live  in  the 
country  up  to  the  time  of  their  six- 
teenth birthday,  than  in  the  city,"  the 
affirmative  side  defended  by  Sallie 
Miller  and  Jennnie  Shope  won  over 
the  negative  side  taken  by  Linnie  Doh- 
ner  and  Margaret  Oellig;  Anna  Ruth 
Eshelman  then  gave  a  Vocal  Solo  en- 
titled "The  Evening  Star;"  The  Liter- 
ary Echo  by  Benj.  Groff  was  the  clos- 
ing feature  of  the  program. 

o 

Athletics. 

Spring  has  come  at  last  and  it  has 
brought  with  it  the  desire  to  play  in 
the  open.  The  students  have  re- 
sponded well  and  have  gotten  out  for 
the  spring  games.  They  have  taken 
a  great  interest  in  the  games  thus  far 
and  it  appears  that  their  zeal  will  be 
increased  as  the  season  advances. 

The  Tennis  Association  met  on  the 
4th  of  April  and  effected  the  following 
organization  :  President,  John  G.  Her- 
shey ;  Secretary,  Eva  Arbegast ;  Treas- 
urer, Abel  Long. 

Mr.  Hershey  called  the  boys  to- 
gether on  Saturday  morning,  April  7 
to  clean  the  courts.  They  were  soon 
cleaned  and  now  all  of  them  are  taken 
most  of  the  time. 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


The  Base  Ball  Association  met  at 
the  call  of  the  president  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  : — Presi- 
dent, Henry  G.- Hershey;  Manager, 
John  F.  Graham;  Treasurer,  Henry 
Wenger. 

The  President  asked  the  men  to  re- 
port in  order  to  place  the  diamond  in 
conditi  m,  which  was  promptly  done. 
We  held  our  first  game  on  Friday 
evening,  April  20.     The  Hershey  bro- 


thers opposed  each  other  on  the 
mound.  H.  Hershey  had  the  best  end 
of  the  pitching  support  thus  winning 
the  contest  by  the  score  of  13-6. 

Rovers    40140022  x— 13 

Blowers    1  o  1  00  1  02   1 — ■  6 

Struck  out  by  J.  Hershey  7;  H. 
Hershey  13;  Bases  on  balls,  J.  Her- 
shey 6;  H.  Hershey  3.  Time  of  game 
2  hours.  Attendance,  unknown  ;  Um- 
pire,  Zug. 


ALUMNI   NOTES. 


The  Attitude   of  the   Alumni   Toward 
Their  Alma  Mater. 

I  doubt  not  that  at  times  the  question 
comes  to  those  who  have  charge  of 
the  work  of  Elizabethtown  College: 
Are  our  graduates  loyal  to  their  Alma 
Mater?  It  is  a  fact  that  the  success 
of  any  institution  depends  largely  up- 
on its  graduates.  As  a  rule,  I  be- 
lieve, that  the  Alumni  of  Elizabeth- 
town  are  just  a  bit  more  loyal  to  their 
Alma  Mater  than  the  graduates  of 
most  institutions.  And  it  is  indeed 
proper  that  we  should  be.  Elizabeth- 
town  is  only  a  small  school.  But  as 
such  it  is  doing  a  great  work.  It 
reaches  out  and  gathers  in  young  men 
and  women  that  perchance  would  not 
be  reached  by  any  other  institution. 
Many  of  us  would  likely  never  have 
seen  the  inside  of  a  college  had  it  not 
been  that  the  little  school  on  the  hill 
found  us.  It  is  for  this  reason  es- 
pecially that  we  are  grateful  to  our  Al- 
ma Mater.  But  she  has  done  more  than 
this.  She  helped  most  of  us  to  find 
God,  and  gave  us  the  proper  ideals  of 


life.  Surely  the  Alumni  are  not  un- 
mindful of  what  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege has  done  for  them. 

Often  are  the  times  when  our 
thoughts  drift  back  to  our  friends  on 
College  Hill.  We  long  to  repay  our 
Alme  Mater  in  some  tangible  way  for 
the  good  we  have  received.  It  is  im- 
possible for  all  of  us  to  give  sums  of 
money,  but  all  of  us  can  speak  a  kind 
word  for  the  institution.  We  can 
pray  for  the  success  of  the  work.  Fur- 
thermore, we  can  live  lives  that  will 
reflect  with  credit  upon  the  institu- 
tion of  which  we  are  a  part. 

No,  the  Alumni  of  Elizabethtown 
College  ?re  not  forgetful  of  their  Alma 
Mater.  They  want  to  see  its  good 
work  continue,  and  are  ever  willing  to 
aid  the  institution  in  whatever  way 
they  can.  May  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege continue  to  grow:  may  she  ever 
be  true  to  the  puroose  for  which  she 
was  founded  ;  and,  may  she  ever  rest 
assured  that  she  has  the  support  and 
best  wishes  of  her  Alumni. 

E.  G.  Diehm,  '13 
Juniata  College. 


OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


2S 


Exchanges. 

The  "M.  H.  Aerolith"  presents  a 
i  neat  cover  design  for  the  April  num- 
ber. It  shows  artistic  taste.  Few  pa- 
pers are  as  accommodating  as  this  one. 
We  rather  like  the  idea  of  combining 
the  two  languages.  We  realize  that 
vou  are  undoub  tedly  spending:  con- 
siderable time  in  mastering  another 
language.  The  editors  must  have  a 
good  working  knowledge  of  the  Ger- 
man language  in  order  to  publish  ar- 
ticles  in   German. 

We  notice  in  the  April  issue  of  the 
"Oak  Leaves"  the  question,  "Do  you 
like  the  Oak  Leaves?  Tells  us  what 
would  cause  you  to  like  it  better."  In 
answer  to  your  question,  we  would 
say,  "We  do  like  the  'Ook  Leaves,' 
but  we  would  like  your  paper  better 
if  it  had  an  Exchange  Department. 
We  and  others  should  be  glad  to  hear 
what  you  have  to  say  about  other  pa- 
pers." "No  man  can  live  for  himself." 
No  nation  can  live  to  itself.  This 
was  proved  by  nations  like  China.  It 
died  partly  on  account  of  not  coming 
in  contact  with  other  nations.  It  had 
no  Exchange  Department.  No  school 
paner  should  withhold  all  its  superior 
ideas  about  a  magazine.  It  should  ex- 
change ideas.  This  is  why  we  think 
a  department  for  this  purpose  ought 
to  be  established. 

"The  Dickinsonian"  is  a  strong  pa- 
per. We  are  pleased  to  notice  your 
April  1 2th  issue,  dedicated  to  the 
"Weaker  sex."  Of  course,  they  are  the 
stronger  "sex."  according  to  statistics. 

The  program  published  "Meeting 
for  Missions."  seems  very  interesting. 
This  cives  an  index  as  to  religious 
activities  in  your  school.  It  makes  us 
feel  at  home  and  happy  to  see  "Stu- 
dent Volunteer  Band  Conducted  a 
Service."  We  wish  you  much  success 
fellow-volunteers. 


Elizabethtown  College  Summer  School 

There  will  be  courses  conducted  in 
Physics  and  Chemistry  starting  June 
4th  and  continuing  for  four  weeks. 
There  is  a  strong  demand  for  these 
courses  on  the  part  of  a  few  who  are 
preparing  for  the  Teachers'  Perman- 
ent Certificate.  It  would  be  an  excel- 
lent plan  for  those  who  are  planning  to 
get  through  their  courses  as  soon  as 
possible,  to  take  in  these  four  weeks 
and  then  stay  over  for  the  regular  six 
weeks'  Summer  School. 

The  courses  in  Physics  and  Chemis- 
try are  usually  considered  t^  be  real 
heavy  but  they  will  be  made  as  practi- 
cal and  helpful  as  possible.  The 
weather  and  atmospheric  conditions  in 
the  month  of  June  are  almost  ideal. 
The  hot  weather  usually  does  not  set 
in  until  August..  If  there  are  any  stu- 
dents enrolled  at  present  at  the  College 
who  would  like  to  enter  these  courses 
on  June  4  they  may  be  able  to  get 
through  their  present  courses  in  time 
to  enter  the  Physics  and  Chemistry 
classes. 

In  case  there  are  any  who  are  pre- 
paring for  College  or  planning  to  finish 
a  course  already  started,  the  work  of 
these  four  weeks  will  enable  individ- 
uals to  get  the  required  credit  for 
their  respective  courses.  This  is  your 
chance  to  see  what  you  can  do  in  a 
short  period  of  time. 

The  Summer  School  proner  will 
oT^en  on  July  2  and  continue  six  weeks. 
Many  inquiries  of  prosoective  students 
indicate  a  larger  attendance  this  year 
than    usual. 

Three  regular  members  of  the  facul- 
tv  have  charge  of  the  class  work. 
Courses  will  be  offered  in  Mathemat- 
ics, Latin.  German,  Pedagogy.  Eng- 
lish. History,  Voice  Culture,  etc. 

Excellent  facilities  will  be  offered  to 
teachers  who  wish  to  complete  courses 
of  study  to  prepare  for  College.  Tui- 
tion for  common  school  studies  will  be 
ten  dollars  and  for  college  preparatory 
and  recnlar  college  course  studies  fif- 
teen dollars.  Write  or  ask  for  special 
circular    divine   detailed    information. 


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AARON  H.  MARTIN,  Cashier. 

U.  S.  DEPOSITORY 

Elizabethtown  National  Bank 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Profits,  $191,000 

General  Accounts  Solicited  Interest  Paid  On  Special  Deposits 

Safe  Deposit  Boxes  For  Rent 

DIRECTORS 

W.  S.  Smith,  Elmer  W.  Strickler,  Peter  N.  Rutt 

F.  W.  Groff,  J.  S.  Risser,  B.  L.  Geyer 

E.  C.  Ginder,  Amos  P.  Coble,  E.  E.  Coble 


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VOL.  XIV 


Elizabethtowx,  Pa.,  June,  1917 


The  Present  Summons 


No.  9 


D.   C.   REBER 


The  Class  of  1917  of  Elizabethtown 
Colleg  is  her  answer  to  the  world's 
call  for  leadership  in  church  and  state. 
As  representatives  of  a  Christian  Col- 
lege, weighty  responsibilities  will 
await  you.  You  enter  the  arena  of 
life  in  a  world  crisis.  How  will  you 
meet  it?  How  will  you  answer  the 
call  to  duty? 

Elizabethtown  College  expects  each 
member  of  this  graduating  class  to 
face    the    future    with    Christian    forti- 


tude, willingly  lending  a  helping  hand 
to  every  noble  cause  and  cheerfully 
undertaking  the  strenuous  task  of 
making  a  grand  life.  Dare  to  stand 
for  the  Right  unflinchingly  !  Be  truth- 
lovers  and  truth-seekers  always !  Keep 
your  conscience  clear  and  your  record 
clean !  Be  loyal  to  the  ideals  of  your 
Alma  Mater !  May  high  purposes  and 
useful  deeds  crown  a  long  and  event- 
ful life  for  each  one! 

D.  C.  Reber. 


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Charles    A.    Abele,    Elizabethtown,    Pa. 


Eva  Violet  Arbegast. 
"Eva,"     "Arby." 

Keystone  Literary  Society ;  Secre- 
tary of  Class ;  Pres.  of  Audubon  So- 
ciety 

This  dark  eyed  and  shrewd  little 
girl  hails  from  the  town  of  Mechanics- 
burg  where  she  was  graduated  from 
the  High  School  in  191 5.  The  follow- 
ing fall  she  appeared  at  Elizabethtown 
College  for  the  purpose  of  furthering 
her  education.  She  has  very  success- 
fully completed  the  English  Scientific 
Course. 

Although  "Arby"  is  one  of  the  small- 
est girls  in  our  class,  she  is  not  the 
least  in  skill  and  ability  for  she  suc- 
cessfully accomplishes  whatever  she 
undertakes.  She  is  able  to  adapt  her- 
self to  any  line  of  work.  As  a  tennis 
player  she  is  perhaps  the  best  of  the 
girls  on  the  Hill. 

Favorite  expression— "I'm  that  there 
glad." 

Favorite  pastime— Playing  tennis. 


Charles  A.  Abele. 
"Doc." 

Keystone  Society. 

The  hero  of  this  sketch  first  saw 
the  light  of  day  in  Reading.  Pa.,  seven- 
teen years  ago.  Moved  to  Elizabeth- 
town  and  attended  the  Public  Schools 
of  the  same  place  until  he  decided  that 
Elizabethtown  College  was  a  better 
place  to  prepare  for  life.  The  two 
years  that  "Doc"  spent  here  were  giv- 
en to  hard  work  and  he  has  very  suc- 
cessfully finished  the  English  Scien- 
tific Course.  His  numerous  contribu- 
tions to  the  "College  Times"  demon- 
strate the  fact  that  he  is  a  man  of  no 
small  ability.  His  chief  delight  is  to 
get  the  "angora"  of  the  other  students. 
He  is  extremely  optimistic  and  his  aim 
in   life  is  to  be  a   Chemical    Engineer. 

Favorite  pastime — Reading  "maga- 
zines. 

Matrimonial  prospects — Thus  far  he 
has  developed  no  tendency  along  that 
line.     But  you   never  can   tell. 


Eva    Violet    Arbegast,    Mechanicsburg,    Pa. 


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Charles    Abba    Baugher,    Lineboro,    Md. 


Mildred   Ida   Bonebrake. 
"Mugs." 

This  jolly  young  lass  was  graduat- 
ed from  "Waynesboro  High  School  in 
1916.  This  was  "Mugs"  first  year  at 
Elizabethtown,  during  which  she  has 
successfully  completed  the  Commer- 
cial   Course. 

"Muffs"  has  always  been  a  jolly 
good  girls  and  delights  especially  in 
teasing  others.  Her  weak  point  is  in 
being  unable  to  resist  the  temptation 
of  straying  beyond  the  campus  limits 
on  beautiful  Sunday  afternoons. 

"Mugs"  is  Prof.  Ober's  and  Dr. 
Reber's  secretary. 

Favorite  expressions — "Sam  Hill," 
"Ten  Eighty." 

Favorite  pastime — Feeds. 

Matrimonial  prospects — Bright,  but 
no  special  hurry. 

Favorite  song — "Call  Me  Up  Some 
Rainv  Afternoon." 


Chcrles    Abba   Baughei. 
"A.    C,"     "Baugher." 

Pres.  of  Class ;  Homerian  Literary 
Society;   Pres.  of  Volunteer  Band. 

How  shall  we  be  able  to  portray  to 
you  this  young  man  whose  motto  is 
"He  can  who  thinks  he  can !"  Mr. 
Baugher  thinks  he  can,  therefore  he 
can.  After  having  been  graduated 
from  the  Glenville  High  School  and 
teaching  school  two  years  he  was  at- 
tracted to  Elizabethtown  by  tales  of 
what  college  can  do  for  a  person.  Nor 
was  he  disappointed.  For  here  he  be- 
came a  leader.  He  is  completing  the 
Pedagogical  Course  this  year.  "A. 
C."  is  fond  of  getting  mail  especially 
those  weekly  letters  frotn  Montgom- 
ery County.  He  enjoys  writing  ora- 
tions and  recently  captured  second 
prize  in  the  Homerial  Oratorical  Con- 
test. We  will  hear  more  of  this  gent- 
leman in  the  future. 


Mildred  Ida  Bonebrake,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 


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Inez  Evangeline  Byers,  Mechanicsburg,  Pa. 


Clarence  Miller  Ebersole 
"Piso." 

Keystone  Society ;  Capt.  of  Senior 
Basket  Ball  Team. 

After  having  exhausted  the  know- 
ledge of  his  teachers  in  his  home 
school,  he  was  filled  with  the  ambition 
to  do  greater  things.  Having  been 
persuaded  to  enter  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege in  view  of  attaining  a  higher  de- 
gree of  learning;  he  made  his  appear- 
ance at  this  institution  three  years  ago. 
His  career  here  has  been  one  of  suc- 
cessive triumphs,  ending  for  the  pres- 
ent with  high  honors  in  the  comple- 
tion of  the  English  Scientific  Course. 
He  excelled  as  an  orator  and  debater. 
Not  only  did  he  show  his  ability  in  his 
classes,  but  also  as  a  basket  ball  play- 
er. Clarence  is  a  very  genial  chap  and 
is  loved  by  all.  His  success  as  a 
teacher  is  a  certainty.. 

Favorite   expression — "Ah,   me!" 

Favorite  pastimes— Eating  Ice 
Cream,  Shooting  Rats.. 


Inez    Evangeline    Byers. 
"Nez." 

Keystone  Literary  Society ;  Secre- 
tary of  Volunteer  Band. 

This  young  lady  hails  from  fair 
Cumberland  Valley  and  she  speaks 
well  for  it.  She  came  here  after  com- 
pleting her  Junior  year  in  the  Mechan- 
icsburg High  School  and  is  finishing 
the  College  Preparatory  Course.  She  is 
a  faithful  worker  at  Stevens'  Hill  Sun- 
day School.  Inez  likes  to  work  when 
she  works  and  play  when  she  plays. 
Sewing,  painting  and  botanizing  are 
her  great  delights.  Her  strong  points 
are  originality  and  literary  talent.  We 
predict  a  life  of  useful  service  in  some 
mission  field  for  Inez. 


Clarence    M.    Ebersole,    Elizabethtown,    Pa. 


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Ada    H.    Eby,    East    Petersburg,    Pa. 


Verda  Emma  Eckert. 
"Verde." 

Keystone   Society. 

Verda  is  one  of  those  unquiet, 
restless  sort  of  girls  who  is  always 
laughing  or  smiling  at. others  or  at  her 
self.  She  is  seldom  seen  to  remain 
quiet  for  more  than  a  minute  unless 
when  sleeping  and  even  then  her  room 
mate  complains  of  her  restlessness. 

She  was  graduated  from  Robesonia 
High  School  in  '15,  with  honors,  from 
whence  she  appeared  at  Elizabeth- 
town  to  resume  her  education  along 
the  line  of  teaching.  Miss  Eckert  has 
done  splendid  work  throughout  the 
two  years  at  Elizabethtown  and  has 
very  successfully  finished  the  English 
Scientific  course.  Her  ability  as  a 
teacher    portends    decided    success. 

Favorite    expression — "O,    shoot." 

Favorite  pastime — Playing  tennis 
with  a  young  Junior.  . 

Matrimonial  prospects— very  bright 


Ada   H.   Eby. 
"Eby." 

Senior  Basket  Ball  Team. 

The  inspiration  of  her  parents  and  of 
several  Elizabethtown  students  in  her 
home  town  led  Ada  to  come  to  Eliza- 
bethtown and  take  up  some  definite 
course.  She  decided  to  persue  the 
Commercial  Course  and  has  worked 
here  two  years  very  faithfully,  so 
much  so,  that  she  has  successfully 
completed    the    course   desired. 

Miss  Eby  loves  company  and  at 
school  is  always  seen  walking  or  talk- 
ing with  some  one. 

Ada  is  also  skillful  at  playing  bas- 
ket ball  and  has  starred  in  the  Junior 
and   Senior  games. 

Favorite  expression — "Who's  afraid 
of  her." 

Favorite  pastime — Teasing  Miss 
Aungst. 

Matrimonial  prospects  —  Rather 
good. 


Verda   Emma  Eckert,   Robesoria,   Pa. 


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Anna    Ruth    Eshelman,    Elizabethtown,    Pa. 


Benjamin  Engle  Groff. 
"Big   Ben,"     "Shorty." 

Keystone  Literary  Society. 

After  having-  been  graduated  from 
the  Elizabethtown  High  School  in  '15, 
"Ben"  was  persuaded  to  attend  Eliza- 
bethtown College  for  the  purpose  of 
more  thorough  preparation.  He  has 
completed  the  College  Preparatory 
Course  with  a  high  grade. 

"Big  Ben"  is  the  Goliath  of  our  class 
and  College  being  six  feet  two  and  a 
half  inches  tall  and  weighing  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty  pounds.  Although  he 
is  a  powerful,  big  fellow,  "Ben"  has  a 
very  gentle  and  soothing  disposition. 
He  has  never  been  seen  angry.  Lit- 
erature and  Mathematics  are  "Ben's" 
hobbies. 

He  is  also  a  skillful  Basket  Ball 
player,  having  jumped  centre  for  the 
victorious  Seniors. 

Favorite  expression— "Curses,"  "O, 
Go  On  Now." 

Matrimonial  prospects — Hard  to  tell 


Anna  Ruth  Eshelman. 
"Anna  Rus." 

Keystone  Literary  Society ;  Senior 
Basket   Ball  Team. 

Another  of  our  faithful  day  students 
is  Anna  Ruth.  She  came  to  school 
through  all  sorts  of  'weather.  Of 
course  she  was  glad  to  do  it,  even 
though  she  had  to  bring  her  lantern  to 
light  her  way  to  the  7:00  o'clock  Phy- 
sics Class.  She,  too,  was  graduated 
from  Elizabethtown  High  School  '15, 
completing  College  Preparatory 
Course  here  this  year.  She  is  a  tal- 
ented musician.  Anna  Ruth  is  a  good 
cure  for  the  "blues  '  for  she  is  always 
cheerful.  We  predict  for  her  a  com- 
fortable home  some  where  in  this  vi- 
cinity. 

Favorite  expression — "Oh,  don't 
mind  that." 

Favorite  occupation  —  Singing 
Hymns. 

Most  striking  characteristic — Grin- 
ning when   everyone  else   is  serious. 


Benjamin    Engle    Groff,    Elizabethtown,    Pa. 


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John  Frederick  Graham,  Brownstown,   Pa. 


Henry   Groff   Hershey. 
"Hen,"     "Henny." 

Treas.  of  Class  ;Homerian  Literary 
Society;  Senior  Basket  Ball  Team. 

What  would  the  class  of  17  have 
done  without  "Hen,"  committee  man, 
decorator,  treasurer,  best  tennis  play- 
er and  what  not?  He  came  here  in 
the  fall  of  1914  and  has  become  almost 
a  necessity  around  the  place.  He  is 
completing  the  College  Preparatory 
course  this  year.  His  skill  in  basket 
ball,  tennis  and  base  ball  has  made 
him  a  valuable  asset  to  the  school. 
"Hen"  is  full  of  fun  but  he  can  work 
hard  and  it  is  not  difficult  to  predict 
that  he  will  make  his  mark  in  the 
world. 

Favorite  expression  —  "Now,  get 
sore." 

Greatest  delight  — "To  tease,  tease, 
tease." 

Favorite  song — "I  Love  a  Lassie." 

Matrimonial   (prospects — "Middlin'." 

Favorite   pastime — To  go   walking. 


John    Frederick    Graham. 
"Jack,"  "Senator." 

Homerian  Society ;  V.  Pres.  of  Sen- 
ior Class  ;  Manager  of  Base  Ball  Asso. ; 
Volunteer   Band. 

This  ambitious  young  man  after 
being  graduated  from  West  Earl  H.  S. 
in  1912,  took  up  his  education  further 
at  Elizabethtown  with  the  view  of 
teaching.  Having  taught  successful- 
ly for  a  year  in  Lancaster  County,  he 
returned  to  Elizabethtown  in  the  fall 
term  of  1916  to  complete  the  Pedagogi- 
cal Course,,  which  course  he  has  com- 
pleted   successfully. 

Jack  is  also  a  distinguished  orator, 
having  recently  taken  first  prize  in  the 
Homerian  Oratorical  contest.  As  a 
debater  and  public  speaker  few  excel 
him. 

Favorite  pastime— Studying  politics. 

Matrimonial   prospects — Still   hope. 


Henry  Groff  Hershey,  Lititz,  Pa. 


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Ruth   Naomi  Killiefner,   Ephrata,   Pa. 


John   Grove    Kuhns. 
"Johnny." 

Keystone  Society. 

This  keen-sighted  young  man  start- 
ed his  education  at  the  public  schools 
in  Mount  Joy  township. 

In  the  fall  term  of  191 1  John  made 
his  first  appearance  at  Elizabethtown 
and  has  since  spent  a  term  or  more 
each  year  consecutively  at  this  place. 
In  1914  he  was  graduated  in.  the  Eng- 
lish Scientific  Course  with  honors. 
Since  then  he  has  taught  two  years  in 
the  public  schools  of  Mount  Joy  town- 
ship. He  returned  the  spring  term  of 
this  year  and  has  very  successfully 
completed    the    Pedagogical    Course. 

John  is  a  man  of  great  ability.  His 
cleverness  along  literary  lines  has  put 
him  in  the  front  rank  of  our  school 
and  Alumni. 

Favorite  pastime — Reading  and 
studying. 

Matrimonial  prospects  —  Rather 
good,  as  he  has  a  regular  girl-. 


Ruth  Naomi  Kilhefner. 
"Killy." 

Keystone   Literary   Society. 

Our  Art  teacher  was  graduated 
from  Ephrata  High  School  in  1915- 
She  entered  Elizabethtown  College 
the  following  fall  where  she  has  made 
many  friends.  Her  most  striking 
characteristic  is  her  love  for  art.  Ruth 
was  a  student  teacher  during  her 
last  year  at  college,  but  notwithstand- 
ing the  dignity  of  her  office  she  was 
always  ready  for  a  good  time.  Ruth 
does  not  like  to  be  teased  though. 
She  says  she  expects  to  teach  a  year 
or  two  but  what  she  is  going  to  do 
after  that  we  do  not  know   (?). 

Favorite  expression — "Ach,  now 
stop." 

Favorite  pastime — Writing  letters 
to    Browustown. 

Matrimonial  prospects — Settled   (?). 


John    Grove    Kuhns,    Mount   Joy,    Pa. 


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Walter  Leupold  Landis,  E.   Petersburg,  Pa. 


David  Hunsicker  Markey. 
"Davie."     "Just   David." 
Homerian   Literary  Society ;  Volun- 
teer Band. 

The  only  way  that  we  can  account 
for  the  success  of  this  gentleman  is 
that  he  has  been  reared  on  Lebanon 
County  Bologna.  Aluminum  salesman 
book  room  man,  cook,  teacher, — what 
is  there  that  Mr.  Markey  has  not  done? 
And  he  can  do  all  those  things  well, 
He  came  to  this  place  the  fall  of 
1912  and  is  completing  the  English 
Scientific  Course.  Mr.  Markey  could- 
n't talk  English  until  he  was  twelve 
rears  old  so  we  mav  well  call  him 
"Our  Little  Dutch  Boy."  Mr.  Mark- 
ey just  loves  to  have  fun.  "Isn't  he 
the  limit?"  is  the  way  in  which  we 
may  characterize  him.  But  he  also 
lias  a  serious  side.  He  will  succeed  as 
a  divine  someday. 

Favorite  pastime — Just  thinking. 

Matrimonial  prospects  —  "coming 
nicelv." 


Walter   Leupold   Landis. 
"Shirt." 

Keystone  Literary  Society;  Senior 
Basket    Ball  Team. 

"Never  do  to-day  what  you  can  put 
off  till  to-morrow,"  is  Walter's  motto. 
But  while  he  is  easy  going  if  you  get 
his  "dutch"  up,  things  happen.  Mr. 
Landis  is  completing  the  Advanced 
Commercial  and  Banking  Courses.  He 
has  been  here  since  the  winter  term  of 
1915.  Basket  ball  is  his  favorite  pas- 
time. Among  his  other  accomplish- 
ments are — making  oyster  soup,  cocoa 
etc.,-  and  teasing  at  the  table.  If  he 
doesn't  succeed  as  anything  else  we 
know  he  will  make  a  splendid  cook. 
His  health  is  good  even  though  he  has 
become  "Leiter." 

Favorite  expression — "Come  on 
there."     "Just  how   do  you   mean?" 

Favorite  song — "Then  It's  Any  Nice 
Little  Girl." 


David    Hunsicker    Markey,    Myerstown,    Pa. 


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Helen    Grace    Oellig,    Waydesboro,    Pa. 


Alice  Snyder  Reber. 

"Allie." 

Keystone   Literary   Society. 
At    the    beginning-    of    winter    term 
1914,  a  little  blue-eyed  lass  from  Berks 
County    came    to    College    Hill    where 
she  has  been  for  three  years.     Here  she 
is      completing      the      English      Bible 
Course.     Her  weakness  is  giggling  for 
once  Alice  starts  laughing  there  is  no 
stopping  her.     Her  strong  point  is  in- 
terest   in    Newville      work.     But    why 
shouldn't  she  enjoy  those  long  walks, 
with  "Just  David"  hovering  near,  and 
an  ogre  of  a  teacher  there  too.     Alice 
will  be  successful  as  a  teacher  if  she 
isn't  called  on  to  teach  a  school  of  one. 
Favorite   expression — "Ach,   well." 
Favorite    book — "Just    David." 
Favorite    occupation — Watching   for 
the  "Son"  to  rise. 

Favorite  song — "When     it's     Apple 
Butter  Time  in  Berks  County." 
Matrimonial   prospects — Fair. 


Helen  Grace   Oellig. 
"Helen  Grace." 

Homerian  Literary  Society ;  Volun- 
teer Band. 

Helen  Grace  is  one  of  those  sedate 
girls  who  acts  rather  as  a  balance  for 
the  rest  of  us.  But  then  she  has  had 
several  years  experience  in  the  school- 
room. She  is  completing  the  English 
Scientific  Course  this  year.  Her  at- 
tachment for  children  is  shown  by  her 
friendship  with  the  Myer  babies.  Hel- 
en likes  to  eat  and  one  rarely  goes  to 
her  room  without  her  saying  "have  a 
pretzel."  Helen  will  become  a  famous 
pedagogue  someday  but  she  will  never 
forget  her  Alma  Mater  and  the  class 
of  '17. 

Favorite    expression — "Oh,    child." 

Favorite  pastime — Writing  a  week- 
ly gazette  to  Mont  Alto. 

Greatest   need — A   mileage  book. 


Alice   Snyder   R.eber,   Centreport,  Pa. 


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Lydia    Lois    Withers,,    Elizabethtown,    Pa. 


Grant   Earl   Weaver. 
"Grantie." 

Society 


Senior 


Homerian    Literary 
Basket  Ball  Team. 

Mr.  Weaver  hails  from  Somerset 
County  went  to  school  in  Huntingdon 
and  Lancaster  Counties,  but  he  thinks 
Cumberland  County  beats  them  all. 
Why?  Because  his  room  mate  lives 
there,  of  course  (?)  Mr.  Weaver  came 
to  Elizabethtown  in  the  fall  of  1914 
and  has  been  here  ever  since.  He  is 
completing  the  English  Scientific 
Course.  Mr.  Weaver  likes  to  make  re- 
pairs (  ?)  play  basket  ball  and  make 
speeches.  However,  he  is  destined  to 
be  a  farmer,  and  we  may  expect  in  a 
few  years  to  hear  of  him  as  a  success- 
ful farmer. 

Favorite  expression — "You're  a  poor 
fish." 

Favorite  song — "There's  a  long, 
long  trail." 

Strong  point — Arguing. 


Lydia  Lois  Withers. 
"Didge." 

"Didge"  is  one  of  our  faithful  day 
students.  After  being  graduated  from 
Elizabethtown  High  School  '15  she 
came  to  college,  completing  the  Col- 
lege Preparatory  Course  this  year. 
Athletics  are  her  avocation,  physics 
problems  her  aversion,  and  music  her 
hobby.  Beside  her  ability  to  sing 
she  plays  the  violin  and  cello.  WThile 
Lydia  is  the  smallest  in  our  class  she 
is  by  no  means  the  least  for  when  she 
takes  hold  of  a  think  it  goes.  We  pre- 
dict a  brilliant  career  for  Miss  Withers 
in  what  ever  activity  she  may  engage- 
Favorite  expression — "Well,  that 
gets  me." 

Favorite   occupation — Automobiling: 
Favorite   song— "He'd   Have  to   Get 
Under,  to  Fix  Up  His  Automobile." 


Grant    Earl    Weaver,   Windber,    Pa. 


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Ada    Gibble    Young,    East    Petersburg,     Pa. 


Ada  Gibble  Young. 
"Mother." 

This  grave  maiden  also  hails  from 
East  Petersburg.  She  had  a  taste  of 
boarding  school  life  before,  having 
spent  two  years  at  Millersville  in  pre- 
paration for  teaching.  After  teaching 
successfully  f  r  a  year  she  decideed  to 
come  to  Elizabe'htown  for  further  pre- 
paration. She  has  worthily  completed 
the    English    Scientific    Course.  > 

Miss  Young  boasts  of  the  fact  that 
she  will  never  be  called  old,  as  she 
may  become  one  hundred  Vears  of  age 
and  still  be  called  "Young."  Suppose 
some  fortunate  youth  succeeds  in  win- 
ning her  heart,  then  what?  O,  well !, 
Shell  be  quite  willing  to  allow  an  ad- 
dition to  her  name  provided  she  may 
retain  Young  as  a  middle  name. 

Favorite  expression — "Girls,  do  be 
quiet." 

Favorite    pastime — Playing    tennis. 

Matrimonial  prospects — Very  good, 
provided  that  things  go  right. 


Jacob  Herr  Gingrich. 
"Jake." 

Homerian  Literary  Society;  Volun- 
teer ijt'. 

This  keen-eyed  man  from  Lebanon 
County  is  an  honor"  ti  the  Class  of  '17. 
He  has  been  a  student  at  Bethany 
Bible  School,  as  well  as  completing  the 
Pedagogical  Course  at  this  institution 
with  the  Class  of  '15.  This  year  he 
is  completing  the  Classical  Course. 
The  last  year  of  his  work  was  perform- 
ed at  North  Manchester  where  he  was 
popular  because  of  his  wit  and  humor 
as  evidenced  in  "Oak  Leaves."  Opti- 
mistic, aopreciative,  he  is  a  pretty  good 
sort.  "We  will  hear  of  Mr.  Gingrich  in 
the  mission  field  before  long. 


Jacob    Herr    Gingrich,    Lebanon,    Pa. 


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The  Realm  of  Man's  Power. 


A.    C.    Baugher. 


When  God  placed  Adam  and  Eve 
in  the  Garden  of  Eden  He  command- 
ed them  to  conquer  and  subdue  it;  to 
have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the 
sea.  over  the  fowls  of  the  air  and 
every  living'  thing  that  movevth  upon 
the  earth.  He  blessed  them  with 
every  herb  bearing  seed,  and  every 
tree  in  which  is  the  fruit  of  a  tree 
yielding  seed  to  them  it  was  given  for 
meat.  "And  to  every  beast  of  the  earth, 
and  to  every  fowl  of  the  air.  and  to 
every  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth,  wherein  there  is  life,  I  have 
given  every  green  herb  for  meat." 
Man  was  to  be  conqueror  over  all. 
Him,  God  endowed  with  power  to  be- 
come the  master  and  soverign  of 
things   which   God  had   made. 

In  primitive  life  man  was  strugg- 
ling with  nature  and  its  laws.  He  was 
restricted  in  ohysical  freedom  as  the 
animals  of  the  field.  Nothing  yielded 
to  make  him  happy.  He  had  to  con- 
tend with  the  elements  as  though  they 
were  his  most  bitter  enemies.  Dis- 
tance and  time  were  the  ever  present 
obstacles  to  hinder  his  development. 
In  the  midst  of  this  was  placed  an  en- 
dowed being  with  the  power  to  stand 
up  in  the  godlike  attitude  of  a  man,  to 
lift  his  face  to  the  stars,  man  crowned 
king  of  nature,  blessed  with  the  facul- 
ty of  beholding  the  glory  of  night  and 
exclaiming  "The  heavens  declare  the 
glory  of  God  and  the  firmament  show- 
eth  his  handiwork,"  truly  man  has  a 


destiny    before    him    vast    as    eternity 
and  large  as  infinity. 

As  civilization  advanced  man-  be 
gan  to  use  his  powers;  he  burst  the 
trammels  which  impeded  his  progress, 
what  were  once  his  most  bitter  ene- 
mies are  now  his  best  friends.  The 
whole  earth  is  now  under  contribution 
to  bring  to  him  comfort  and  happiness. 
The  forces  that  once  enslaved  him, 
now  set  him  free  and  serve  at  his  bid- 
ding. He  has  subdued  the  cold  of 
winter  and  the  heat  of  summer.  He 
adapts  himself  to  any  place  or  cli- 
mate. He  changes  a  Canada  to  a  Cal- 
cutta ;  a  desert  country  to  a  land  which 
flows  with  milk  and  honey.  He  bids 
the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth  to 
minister  unto  him  and  it  is  done.  The 
lightning  which  once  threatened  his 
destruction  is  now  his  faithful  ser- 
vant. It  carries  for  him  messages  of 
weight  and  trust,  of  hate  and  love ;  of 
war  and  peace.  The  ocean,  once  a 
great  barrier  to  life,  is  now  the  great 
highway  of  exchange.  The  realm  of 
man's  power  is  enlarging  as  the  con- 
centric circles  on  a  lake  caused  by  the 
drop  of  a  pebble.  With  his  powers  he 
calls  for  the  luxury  and  ease  of  the 
multiform  blessings  of  the  earth,  and 
the  North  and  the  South,  the  East  and 
the  West,  and  all  the  lands  beyond 
the  sea,  pour  their  riches  at  his  feet. 
The  microscope  and  the  telescope 
came  to  his  limited  vision  and  reveal- 
ed the  miracles  of  hidden  worlds.  The 


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wireless  telephone  and  telegraphy  have 
completely   annihilated   distance. 

But  this  is  not  the  extent  of  man's 
realm.  There  is  bestowed  upon  him 
a  power  to  change  the  lives  of  a  na- 
tion ;  to  sway  an  audience  by  a  single 
sentence;  to  bring  tears  into  the  eyes 
of  every  youth  of  the  land;  or  even  to 
raise  a  country  to  arms  at  a  minutes 
notice.  Again,  there  are  those  who 
can  give  a  smile  or  a  kind  word  that 
will  cheer  a  heart  and  paint  a  life  with 
heavenly  beauty  that  shall  not  find  its 
end  in  eternity.  This  power  of  per- 
sonality is  so  broad  and  so  grand  that 
heaven  alone  withholds  its  joy  and 
blessing.  It  is  like  a  little  stream  that 
rises  in  the  beautiful  hills  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, whose  water  is  not  enough  to 
cool  the  parched  tongued  of  an  ox, 
but  which  finds  its  way  down  through 
the  fertile  plains  of  the  Ohio  river 
valley  then  dies  away  into  magnifi- 
cent Mississippi,  only  to  reach  the 
sea  unnoticed.  But  the  effect  of  the 
river  entering  the  ocean  will  keep  on 
until  the  angel  of  time  shall  set  his 
right  foot  on  sea  and  his  left  foot  on 
the  land  and  declare  that  time  shall 
be  no  more.  So  personality  in  the 
realm  of  man's  power  shall  keep,  on 
forever. 

When  God  made  man,  the  master- 
piece of  his  creation  "He  breathed 
into  his  nostrils  the  breath  of  life  and 
he  became  a  living  soul."  His  plane 
of  life  is  much  higher  than  all  other 
creation.  He  can  lift  his  head  above 
the  vaporous  clouds  of  the  earth  and 
breathe  a  diviner  air.  In  the  lower 
animals  direction  is  present,  but  no 
self-direction ;    conscious    but    no    self- 


consciousness  ;  instinct  but  no  reason- 
ing. In  man  alone  do  we  find,  in  the 
strict  sense,  self-activity.  Man  alone 
can  set  up  ideals  and  then  reach  them. 
He  has  the  power  by  which  he  can 
ever  draw  nearer  and  nearer  to  his 
Maker.  God  put  in  man's  realm  a  frag- 
ment of  the  absolute.  In  this  we  can 
truly  say  with  Sir  William 'Hamilton 
"In  the  world  there  is  nothig  great 
but  man,  in  man  there  is  nothing 
mind"  let  us  yet  add  in  mind  there  is 
nothing  great  but  God.  Our  posi- 
tion "just  a  little  lower  than  the  en- 
gels  gives  us  the  capability  of  develop- 
ment till  our  mind  is  in  heaven, 
though  our  feet  still  cling  to  the  clay. 
We  must  set  high  our  standards 
"and  with  firm  tread  and  fearless  eye, 
press  steadily  onward."  Steadily  on- 
ward against  the  destroying  hosts  of 
Satan.  Allow  yourself  to  steal  a 
neighbor's  goods  and  your  soul  will 
reap  the  reward.  Kill  your  brother 
and  you  murder  your  heavenly  self. 
The  thought  that  you  now  think  will 
clothe  your  soul  for  the  day  of  judg- 
ment. 

It  behooves  us  to  think  on  things 
which  are  pure,  true,  lovely,  things 
which  are  for  the  edification  of  the 
soul.  It  is  our  sacred  opportunity  and 
duty  to  develop  our  minds,  the  great- 
est power  of  man.  Let  us  take  off 
our  shoes  of  carnality  and  debase- 
ment and  step  upon  the  highest  plane 
in  the  realm  of  our  power.  The 
plane  where  we  can  strive  for  our 
divine  and  spiritual  essence  tto  assume 
outward  form  ;  on  a  plane  where  we 
can  learn  to  see  and  know  God  here 
and  glorify  Him  hereafter. 


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The  Mission  of  America. 


Eva  B.  Arbegast. 


In  the  dark  and  dreary  days  of  our 
struggle  for  Independence  there  sang 
a  patriot  in  clarion  notes,  "These  are 
the  times  that  try  men's  souls."  To- 
day in  this  malestrom  of  war  our 
minds  revert  to  our  ancestors  who  liv- 
ed during  the  Revolutionary  and  Civil 
Wars  and  we  ask  the  question,  "How 
did  they  endure  such  trying  times?" 
Our  forefathers  lived  in  a  strenuous 
age  indeed,  but  was  there  ever  a  time 
in  which  men's  souls  were  tried  as 
they  are  to-day?  When  the  immortal 
souls  of  men  are  imperiled  by  the  god 
of  war,  it  is  imperative  that  God's  high- 
est creation  be  not  mere  weaklings  but 
stalwart  men.  On  all  sides  we  hear 
the  cry  "Our  Civilization  is  toppling, 
yea  about  to  fall."  In  this  terrible 
world  crisis,  in  this  awful  carnage,  we 
are  forced  to  ask,  "Is  our  civilization 
only  a  thin  veneer?  Are  we  really 
savages  at  heart?"  We  have  in  some 
respects  reverted  toward  barbarism  for 
when  a  supposedly  civilized  nation  re- 
verts to  brute  force  it  reflects  on  its 
enlightenment.  This  is  to  be  regret- 
ted, but  as  we  look  into  the  future  and 
think  of  what  will  occur  if  nations  per- 
sist in  following  their  military  pro- 
grams, we  see  a  great  opportunity  for 
some  Nation  to  be  a  leader  in  the 
cause  of  peace,  and  perform  a  benefi- 
cent mission  to  a  maddened  world. 

A  few  years  ago  we  cried,  "There 
never  can  be  such  a  thing  as  a  world 
war.     We  are  on  too  high  a  plane  of 


living  for  that."  But  was  our  cry 
true?  No,  it  was  a  mere  figment  of 
optimistic  pacifism.  We  said  we 
would  prevent  war  by  establishing  en- 
ormous armies,  and  maintaining  for- 
midable navies.  Never  in  the  history 
of  nations  did  we  have  such  extensive 
armaments  and  at  this  hour  we  are 
experiencing  the  biggest  navy  craze 
the  world  has  ever  felt.  But  do  these 
things  bring  peace?  Never!  Multi- 
plying the  number  of  battleships  does 
not  insure  peace.  Every  new  dread- 
naught  is  a  wedge  between  nations, 
furnishes  a  new  occasion  for  friction 
and  drives  them  farther  and  farther 
apart.  The  legacy  which  our  great 
Master  Teacher  gave  us  in  the  memor- 
able words,  "Peace  I  leave  with  you, 
my  peace  I  give  unto  you,"  has  been 
set  at  naught,  has  fallen  into  disrepute. 
It  has  been  disregarded  by  the  nations 
whose  reason  is  clouded  and  whose 
vision  is  faded.  They  are  not  follow- 
ing the  Prince  of  Peace  but  the  God  of 
War.  The  Prince  of  Peace  has  told 
them  to  forgive  men  their  sins,  to 
overcome  evil  with  good,  to  do  as  they 
would  be  done  by.  The  God  of  War 
of  these  principles  whistpers  "folly" 
and  sends  millions  to  their  knees  to 
ask  that  their  arms  may  prosper.  The 
Prince  of  Peace  has  told  men  to  love 
their  enemies  to  do  good  to  those  that 
despitefully  use  them,  but  the  God  of 
War  brands  peacemakers  as  traitors 
to  their  fellows,  and  declares  that  only 


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through  war  peace  may  reign.  If  we 
would  heed  the  Prince  of  Peace,  if  we 
would  believe  that  all  evil  could  be 
conquered  with  Love— fearless,  greed- 
lees,  selfless,, — Love  that  links  man  to 
man  and  casts  down  nationality,  class 
and  race,  then  might  we  shine  in  the 
galaxy  of  nations  as  the  sun  in  the  fir- 
mament and  gladden  the  world  with 
celestial  beams  of  cheer.  This  is  the 
true  mission  of  America  as  she  faces 
the  shell-raked  forests  and  the  fields 
of  blood-stained  Europe. 

Indeed,  friends,  our  glorious  repub- 
lic should  lead  in  the  establishment  of 
universal  peace.  Until  four  hundred 
years  ago  our  country  was  a  virgin 
land— an  untravelled  continent,  and 
when  it  was  brought  within  the  reach 
of  civilization  it  was  with  a  lofty  pur- 
pose in  view.  Because  in  this  conti- 
nent was  to  be  developed  a  society  and 
a  government  based  on  the  brother- 
hood of  man.  the  almighty  left  the  mis- 
sion of  establishing  world  peace  to  the 
United  State  of  America.  Who  knows 
whether  America  in  a  time  like  this 
has  not  appeared  for  this  supreme 
task  of  all  the  ages.  Such  days  in  the 
history  of  a  nation  are  few  for  Lowell 
sagely  sings : 

"Once  to  every  man  and  nation  comes 

the  moment  to  decide 
In  the  strife  of  truth  and  falsehood  for 

the  good  or  evil  side." 

Friends,  have  we  who  proclaim  the 
brotherhood  of  man  in  work,  in  busi- 
ness, in  the  school  room, — have  we 
chosen  our  present  course  wisely? 

Not  only  because  our  nation  is  bas- 
ed on  the  brotherhood  of  man,  but  also 
because  the  great  American  race  is 
composed  of  the  people  of  the  whole 
earth,  we  should  lead  in  the  endeavors 


to  secure  world  peace.  But  we  must 
remember  that  the  only  peace  which 
will  endure  is  a  peace  in  which  the 
equality  of  nations  is  recognized.  May 
we  ever  remember  that  in  an  enduring 
peace  disputes  must  be  submitted  to 
impartial  tribunes.  May  we  retnem- 
3DJOJ  JO  UJOq  SI  IpIlJAY  9DB9d  B  }Eij}  jaq 
can  only  be  temporary  and  disappoint- 
ing. Since  our  opportunity  for  estab- 
lishing world  peace  is  so  gerat  our 
responsibility  is  proportionately  great. 
If  we  do  not  take  the  initiative  in  se- 
curing world  peace,  what  will  our  ans- 
wer be  to  Almight  God  who  has  plac- 
ed upon  us  this  responsibility. 

Will  our  blessed  America  with  her 
hundred  million  people,  her  cosmo- 
politan population,  her  unequalled  re- 
sources, her  free  government,  her  wide 
popular  knowledge,  her  sons  gathered 
from  all  races  and  linked  to  each  other 
by  ties  of  affection, — will  she,  the  most 
loyal  in  her  devotion  to  the  Christ  of 
Galilee  assume  this  responsibility? 
Will  she  hear  the  song  of  the  Bethle- 
hem angels  and  be  fitted  as  the  leader 
in  the  great  cause  of  peace?  Will  she 
be  chronicled  in  history  as  a  nation 
that  lost  her  opportunity  or  will  she 
stand  as  the  chosen  instrument  in  pro- 
curing the  infinite  blessings  of  peace? 
God  grant  that  our  folly  shall  not 
transfer  the  leadership  in  the  great 
cause  of  Universal  Peace  from  the 
United  States  of  America  to  any  other 
naion. 

Before  this  ideal  state  of  world  peace 
can  be  attained  the  nations  of  the 
earth  must  be  regenerated  through  the 
last  weapon — Perfect  Love.  When 
men  have  unfolded  the  legacy  of  the 
Prince  of  Peace  from  the  deepest  re- 
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only  are  they  in  a  fit  condition  to  lead 
others  into  peace.  Are  we  going  to 
fulfill  this  mission?  Oh,  United 
States  of  America,  hear  the  children's 
prayers,  give  ear  to  the  Christian's 
plea,  see  the  mother  hearts  as  they  ap- 
peal to  you  to  lead  them  into  God's 
path   of   peace. 

Oh,  America!  See  the  women  of 
war-stricken  Europe  holding  out  im- 
ploring hands  to  you.  Oh  Citizens  of 
America,  listen  to  the  cry  for  peace 
that  comes  to  you.     Put  on  the  armour 


of  light.  Run  the  course  of  peace 
fearlessly,  untrammeled  by  the  snare 
of  darkness,  shielded  only  by  faith 
in  God  and  thy  fellows.  America,  ful- 
fill thy  mission  !  and  then  when  thou 
hast  executed  this  divine  commission, 
when  all  the  nations  shall  be  gathered 
around  the  great  white  throne,  thou 
blessed  America,  shalt  be  clothed  in 
celestial  raiment  while  a  voice  in  sol- 
emn tones  proclaims,  "America,  thou 
hast  fulfilled  thy  mission." 


The  Touch  of  the  Master  Hand. 


Helen  G.  OelUg. 


From  generation  to  generation 
there  has  been  handed  down  paint- 
ings of  every  description.  Many  of 
these  receive  from  us  but  a  pass- 
ing glance.  Were  we  to  study  them 
they  would  mean  nothing  to  us. 
There  are  some  which  at  a  cursory 
glance  reveal  little  but  which  upon 
more  intent  study  inspire  a  feeling  of 
admiration  and  awe.  Such  is  the  Sis- 
tine  Madonna.  More  and  more  as  we 
look  into  the  beautiful  face  of  the 
mother  and  her  babe  do  we  realize  that 
Raphael  had  a  message  for  the  world 
and  that  it  was  thru  the  medium  of 
brush  and  paint  that  he  chose  to  in- 
terpret that  message.  The  painting 
represents  hours  of  patient  and  tedious 
work  on  the  part  of  the  artist.  It  was 
necessary  to  call  to  his  command  all 
the  technical  knowledge  he  possessed. 
In  addition,  Raphael  put  his  soul  into 


the  work  and  the  result  is  a  picture  by 
all  the  world  proclaimed  a  masterpiece. 
Many  of  the  other  pictures  we  have 
seen  likely  required  just  as  much  work, 
the  colors  were  as  carefully  blended 
but  they  have  failed  to  speak  to  us  as 
Raphael's  Madonna.  This  class  of  art- 
ists has  failed  to  give  to  the  world  the 
artist's  vision.  "What  is  it  that  consti- 
tutes the   difference? 

Again,  we  have  listened  to  music- 
ians who  have  held  us  entranced.  As 
the  clear  chords  came  from  the  instru- 
ment they  swelled  in  perfect  harmony 
with  our  very  being.  Our  hearts  com- 
prehended the  message.  We  have 
listened  to  other  musicians  whose 
music  had  no  power  to  reach  our 
hearts.  Their  instruments  may  have 
been  chosen  with  care.  They  may 
have  studied  under  the  greatest  artist 
of  their  time  and  have  obtained  all  the 


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technical  knowledge  pertaining  to  their 
art,  yet  they  seemed  to  lack  the  one 
essential  — the  power  to  touch  men's 
souls.  What  is  it  that  makes  the  dif- 
ference? In  talking  of  painting  and 
music  we  so  often  speak  of  the  master 
painter  and  the  master  musician.  It 
is  the  master  artist  alone  who  can  give 
soul  thrilling  messages  thru  his  pic- 
tures. It  is  the  master  musician  only 
who  can  express  the  emotions  of  his 
soul  thru  the  violin.  Who  then  is  the 
master?  He  who  has  a  large  vision, 
he  who  has  the  technical  knowledge 
needful  to  interpret  his  vision  to  the 
world,  he  who  has  the  practical  exper- 
ience necessary  to  convey  his  message 
in  a  soul  thrilling  manner,  he  is  the 
master. 

The  world  wants  masters,  not  only 
In  the  fields  of  painting  and  music  but 
in  every  avenue  of  endeaver.  In  all 
the  annals  of  history  there  never  was 
a  time,  as  now,  when  men  were  needed 
who  have  well  defined  visions  and  the 
-ability  to  interpret  them.  Now,  as 
never  before,  there  are  opportunities 
to  become  masters  not  only  in  the  fine 
arts  but  also  in  the  world  of  business, 
medicine,  law,  pedagogy,  theology  and 
<every  avenue  of  life. 

If  we  would  make  life  a  success  we 
must  be  masters  in  our  vocations.  We 
-must  desire  and  aim  to  become  mast- 
ers. Not  because  to  be  a  master  means 
riches  and  honor,  not  because  it  brings 
Tame,  but  because  we  have  a  life  to 
live ;  because  for  each  life  there  is  a 
definite  purpose  for  which  it  has  been 
Tx>rn  into  the  world.  Each  one  of  us 
has  a  part  to  play  in  the  work  of  the 
world.  Each  one  of  us  has  a  message 
to  give  to  humanity  at  large.  We 
must,  therefore,  choose     the  vocation 


thru  which  we  can  best  give  our  mes- 
sage. In  whatever  trade,  profession, 
or  business  we  engage  we  should  aim 
to  be   masters. 

We  can  do  this  only  by  having  a 
vision  of  life's  work.  It  is  the  man 
with  a  vision  who  accomplishes  some- 
thing. What  was  it  that  made  men 
great  in  the  past?  It  was  a  great  vis- 
ion and  constancy  in  purpose.  We 
must,  therefore,  have  a  large  vision 
linked  to  a  uniformity  of  purpose.  Al- 
exander had  a  vision  of  a  conquered 
world;  Bell,  of  the  telephone;  Edison 
of  the  electtric  light ;  Abraham  Lin- 
coln, of  an  emancipated  race ;  David 
Livingstone,  of  a  Christianized  Afri- 
ca ;  Jesus  Christ,  of  a  saved  people. 
We  must  direct  all  our  talents  toward 
interpreting  our  vision  to  the  world 
if  we  would  be  masters. 

A  vision  of  our  message  is  not  suf- 
ficient. We  must  have  the  technical 
knowledge  necessary  for  its  convey- 
ance. An  artist  must  spend  years  in 
acquiring  the  essential  training  and 
must  study  under  the  best  artists  un- 
til his  soul  is  thrilled  with  the  mes- 
sage of  his  life.  In  any  calling  what- 
soever, a  vision  must  be  followed  by 
acquiring  the  needful  technical  know- 
ledge pertaining  to  the  profession. 

However,  knowledge  alone  does  not 
insure  success.  A  painters  first  pic- 
ture is  not  his  masterpiece  for  a  mas- 
terpiece is  not  the  work  of  a  moment. 
Into  it  he  must  put  the  best  that  is  in 
him.  A  young  lawyer  seldom  wins 
his  first  case.  A  doctor  is  not  regard- 
ed a  success  upon  leaving  the  medical 
school.  It  is  only  after  years  of  effi- 
cient service  at  the  bedside  that  he  is 
pronounced  a  master  in  his  profession. 
While  a  vision  of  service  may  lead  us 


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to  a  certain  vocation  and  while  the 
necessary  technical  knowledge  may 
have  been  gained  by  years  of  study, 
yret  without  practical  expe/ience  we 
lack  the  power  to  make  our  life's  work 
the  effective  means  of  conveying  our 
message  to  the  world.  Without  prac- 
tice we  lack  the  power  to  touch  our 
work  with  the  master  hand.  We  may 
possess  these  three  essentials  and  yet 
not  be  able  to  speak  to  the  hearts  of 
men.  The  musician  is  not  able  to  put 
that  element  which  thrills  us  into  his 
music  until  some  experience  has  awak- 
ened the  deep  emotions  of  his  soul.  It 
is  only  after  our  own  souls  have  been 
thrilled  and  touched  that  we  can  touch 
souls. 

What,    then,    constitutes    the    differ- 


ence between  Raphael's  Madonna  and 
the  many  other  pictures  we  have  seen? 
What  makes  the  difference  between 
soul  stirring  music  and  the  mere  dis- 
play of  technical  skill?  It  is  the  touch 
of  the  master  hand.  It  is  acquired  by 
a  large  vision,  a  possession  of  technic- 
al knowledge,  and  a  soul  awakening 
experience.  We  should  seek  a  vision 
of  our  life's  work.  We  should  obtain 
all  the  necessary  technical  knowledge 
pertaining  to  the  profession  of  our 
choice.  We  should  use  every  soul 
thrilling  experience  that  comes  into 
our  lives  in  acquiring  the  touch  of  the 
master  hand.  Let  us  so  touch  flife 
with  the  hand  of  the  master  that  it  can 
in  truth  be  said  of  us  we  lived  a  life 
that  was  really  worth  while. 


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Appreciation 


Anna  Ruth  Eshelman. 


Today,  when  men  are  in  a  mad  rush 
for  the  almighty  dollar  and  when  the 
entire  phenomenon  of  life  is  moving 
at  such  a  rapid  rate,  few  of  us  stop  to 
realize  the  real  worth  of  our  surround- 
ings. In  other  words  we  do  not  prop- 
erly appreciate  those  things  with  which 
we  daily  come  in  touch.  But  what  is 
appreciation?  Appreciation  is  a  just 
valuation  or  estimate  of  worth,  a  re- 
cognition of  excellence.  There  are 
so  many  things  which  look  big  to  us 
after  which  we  are  striving  that  we 
fail  to  see  many  of  the  minor  things 
in  life.  Yet  these  are  the  elements 
which  beautify  and  enrich  our  lives 
if  we  but  appreciate  them. 

In  the  first  place  we  do  not  properly 
appreciate  the  value  of  the  opportuni- 
ties about  us.  The  happy  man  recog- 
nizes the  opportunities  of  today  and 
knows  that  there  will  be  blessings  for 
the  morrow.  Some  people  live  either 
in  the  past,  thinking  only  of  what  they 
have  already  accomplished,  or  in  the 
future,  continually  dreaming  of  the 
wonderful  things  which  are  to  happen. 
They  forget  the  golden  opportunities 
of  today.  On  this  point  let  us  accept 
the  Master's  teaching:  "'Take  there- 
fore no  thought  for  the  morrow,  for 
the  morrow  shall  take  thought  for  the 
things  of  itself."  Is  it  not  true  that 
when  a  millionaire  has  attained  success 
in  the  eyes  of  the  world  he  is  discon- 
tented? He  is  ruler  of  his  millions 
and  yet  he  longs  for  the  days  of  the 


past   when  he  free  from   care   roamed 
in   the   peaceful   meadows   and   by   the 
gurgling    brook.     Without    wealth    he 
was   free   as   a  bird  but  with   his  for- 
tune  he   is   hemmed  in  by  the  worri- 
ment  of  property.     Money  then  consti- 
tuted his  one  goal  and  his  idea  of  hap- 
piness.    He     failed  to  recognize     the 
wealth  of  life  that  was  his  on  all  sides. 
Y\  hat  a  sacrifice  some  men  have  made 
to   obtain   fame.     It   is   not   the   great 
things   which   happen    once    in    a   life- 
time  that   really   constitute   life.     The 
things    which    make    life    worth    while 
are  simply  the  everyday  events  which 
we  fail  to  note  at  their  face  value.  YVe 
take   so   many  things   as   a   matter   of 
course   and   only   when   they   cease   to 
exist  do  we  miss  them  and  see  what 
they    would   have    meant    to   us.     We 
should  learn  to  be  contented  but  not 
satisfied.     Epictetus,       when       asked, 
'"Who  is  the  rich   man,"   replied,  "He 
who  is  content."     This  does  not  mean, 
however,     that     we  should  fold     our 
hands  and  become  negligent  and  dis- 
interested in   life.     It   means  that  we 
should  be  contented  with  the  present 
day    and    yet    in    addition    we    should 
have   our   standard   of  ideals   and   our 
ambitions.     In  the  strong  desire  to  be- 
come  and  to  do   something  we   often 
overlook  and  disregard  casual  events. 

The  person  who  receives  most  from 
life  is  he  who  does  not  expect  every- 
thing to  be  perfect.  He  finds  a  plea- 
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nearly  perfect  some  things  are  and 
how  much  pure  gold  is  to  be  obtained 
therein.  Our  friends  are  human  and 
weak  and  yet  what  a  heart  of  pure 
gold  we  find  beneath  the  rough  ex- 
terior when  they  quietly  share  our 
burdens  with  us.  Of  course  we  need 
ideals  and  dreams  of  what  the  universe 
should  be,  yet  that  forms  a  secondary 
part  of  life.  Such  ideals  will  aid  us 
in  dreamy  hours  to  feel  sad  at  times, 
but  it  is  disgraceful  to  allow  this  dis- 
position to  gain  control  over  us.  Rath- 
er make  these  comfortless  moments 
stepping  stones  to  success  and  to  the 
building  of  true  character. 

Appreciation  implies  an  impartial 
recognition  of  true  worth.  Do  we  not 
behold  the  mote  that  is  in  our  broth- 
er's eye,  when  we  ourselves  have 
beams  in  our  own  eyes?  Surely  then 
we  cannot  properly  value  our  neigh- 
bor's character.  When  the  man  who 
works  by  our  side  receives  a  promo- 
tion, do  we  tell  our  friends  that  he 
did  not  deserve  it  or  do  we  encourage 
and  help  him?  Our  reward  will  be 
according  to  our  service.  There  are 
many  chords  which  if  touched  by  the 
hand  of  love  would  vibrate  once  more. 
Many  talents  are  hid  in  a  napkin  be- 
cause no  one  has  ever  shown  an  inter- 
est. Let  us  help  our  neighbors,  yes, 
let  us  befriend  even  our  enemies. 
These  are  our  opportunities.  Do  we 
appreciate  them? 

Do  we  properly  value  our  friends? 
Often  we  hear  ourselves  speaking 
rudely  of  our  neighbors  and  enlarging 
on  their  faults  until  it  would  seem  as 
if  nothing  good  were  left.  What  a 
greater  achievement  to  laud  the  des- 
pised and  reveal  the  good  that  is  in 
them.     If    there    is    someone      in    our 


midst  who  does  not  move  in  the  upper 
circle  and  whose  views  do  not  coin- 
cide with  ours,  let  us  lend  him  a  help- 
ing hand  instead  of  pointing  the  finger 
of  scorn  at  him.  Give  him  a  chance. 
We  know  not  under  what  conditions 
he  is  laboring.  Perhaps  in  the  same 
position  we  would  do  worse.  The 
best  of  us  has  so  many  faults  that  we 
cannot  with  propriety  criticize  others. 

We  should  always  look  for  the  best. 
There  is  always  a  bright  side.  Why 
do  we  not  appreciate  the  joy  received 
from  being  an  optimist?  Why  is  it 
that  some  trudge  along  the  road  see- 
ing nothing  but  dust,  ditches  and 
stones,  while  others  pass  the  same 
way  continually  exalting  and  exclaim- 
ing with  delight  at  the  wonders  of  this 
great  world?  Let  us  appreciate  the 
joy  that  is  afforded  us  receiving  our 
lessons  in  the  school  of  life  from  the 
greatest  of  all  teachers. 

To  be  happy  we  need  not  have  new 
surroundings  but  a  new  regard  for 
and  a  keener  interest  in  them.  We 
do  not  have  to  secure  a  host  of  new 
things  but  we  need  to  appreciate  and 
use  those  which  are  about  us.  Many 
people  labor  through  a  day  and  at 
evening  seem  to  appreciate  nothing 
but  the  cold,  hard  coin  they  have 
earned.  There  are  many  pleasant 
things  which  outweigh  sorrow  if  we 
maintain  a  proper  attitude  toward 
them.  The  song  of  the  bird  which 
awakens  us  in  the  morning,  the  sun 
appearing  '  in  the  east,  the  pearly 
drops  of  dew  on  the  grass,  the  flowers, 
the  leaves  and  trees— all  these  are 
blessings  of  Nature  meant  for  our  ne- 
joyment.  Who  is  not  carried  far  from 
toil  and  care  when  he  hears  the  happy 
voices  of  children,  or  beholds  the  set- 


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ting  sun,  or  sees  the  mother  rocking 
her  baby  to  rest  at  twilight  and  feels 
the  peaceful  repose  settling  over  all 
the  world.  Nature  has  given  us  much 
harmony.  Why  do  we  fail  to  appreci- 
ate her  works? 

The  people  who  receive  least  from 
life  are  those  with  narrow  views. 
Their  horizons  are  very  limited.  If 
they  would  learn  to  appreciate  just 
the  things  in  their  circle,  their  horizons 
would  gradually  widen  and  as  a  re- 
sult their  views  would  be  extended. 
They  would  never  be  discontented  for 
they  would  continually  be  discovering 
something  new.  They  would  learn 
how  much  real  joy  there  is  in  life. 

We  need  not  own  things  to  enjoy 
them.  As  we  walk  along  the  street 
can  we  not  enjoy  the  lawn  or  cozy 
home  of  another  in  place  of  envying 
him.  All  the  world  is  ours  to  appre- 
ciate. It  is  not  a  change  of  environ- 
ment which  would  make  us  happier 
but  a  changed  attitude  toward  our  sur- 
roundings. Epictetus  said :  "If  any 
be  unhappy  let  him  remember  that  he 
is  unhappy  by  reason  of  himself  alone. 
For  God  hath  made  all  men  to  enjoy 
felicity  and  constancy  of  good." 

Probably  one  of  the  things  which 
we  appreciate  least  is  time.  We  pass 
through  life  once  and  that  journey  is 
a  short  one.  We  receive  from  life 
what  we  have  put  into  it.  If  nothing 
pleases  us  surely  we  will  never  be 
truly  happy.  People  about  to  leave 
this  world  have  longed  for  one  more 
moment  of  time.  Why?  Because 
they   did    not   appreciate    their   oppor- 


tunities. They  put  off  what  they 
should  have  done  and  as  a  result  the 
work  remained  undone.  Moments  are 
jewels  which  form  a  crown  and  ac- 
cording to  the  work  done  in  those  mo- 
ments, so  will  the  jewels  in  the 
crown  glisten  and  sparkle.  Therefore, 
let  us  take  new  hope  and  let  us  re- 
new our  vigor.  The  result  will  be  our 
compensation. 

Many  of  us  fail  to  appreciate  our 
homes.  Let  us  not  take  our  homes 
as  a  matter  of  course  and  as  a  place  to 
carry  our  burdens  and  disappointments 
and  expect  all  good  in  return.  Home 
is  the  place  to  smile  and  do  little  deeds 
of  kindness.  If  we  do  our  p?rt  in 
making  it  cheerful,  when  life  is  over  we 
need  not  regret  past  conduct  and  long, 
yes.  frantically  long  to  mend  the  brok- 
en chain.  Whittier  says:  "Of  all  sad 
words  of  tongue  or  pen.  The  saddest 
are  these  'it  might  have  been'. "  O 
may  this  not  be  our  lot.  Let  us  appre- 
ciate our  home.  Let  us  do  our  part 
in  making  it  happy  and  bright. 

If  we  gratefully  value  the  little 
things  which  enrich  and  beautify  life; 
if  we  properly  estimate  our  opportuni- 
ties :  if  we  recognize  the  true  worth  of 
our  homes,  and  in  short  if  we  are  loy- 
al servants  in  making  the  world  hap- 
pier and  better,  we  shall  have  record- 
ed in  heaven  the  marks  of  our  appre- 
ciation and  we  shall  be  compensated 
for  all  eternity  by  the  welcome  voice 
of  our   Master: 

"Thou   hast  been   faithful  in   a  few 
things. 

I  will  make  thee  ruler  over  many." 


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The  Romance  of  Reality. 


Verda  E.  Eckert 


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Truth  is  stranger  than  fiction.  If 
all  the  appliances  of  rhetorical  art 
were  set  to  the  work  of  writing  his- 
tory and  biography,  depicting  every 
point  as  one  would  in  writing  a  novel, 
the  truth  would  be  just  as  interesting. 

The  cmestion  arises :  Do  all  people 
want  the  truth  known.  Strange  to 
say,  they  do  not.  Outwardly,  to  the 
world,  they  seem  rich  and  powerful. 
They  are  esteemed  as  honorable,  but 
inwardly  they  are  conscious  of  the 
fact  that  they  are  not  what  they  ap- 
pear to  be.  Their  real  self  is  ficti- 
tious. If  their  inner  nature  would  be 
known  how  little  they  would  feel. 
The  real  man,  the  man  with  a  sterling 
character  has  nothing  to  fear.  In 
times  like  these  the  world  especially 
needs  such  men.  men  who  cling  to  the 
right,  who  cherish  the  truth.  It  has 
no  use  for  those  who  pander  to  public 
favor.  It  wants  men  who  make  duty 
and  truth  their  goal.  It  wants  men 
who  go  straight  to  their  mark,  turn- 
ing neither  to  the  right  nor  to  the 
left,  even  though  a  paradise  might 
tempt  them. 

If  a  man  shows  that  there  is  some- 
thing within  him  that  bribery  cannot 
touch,  that  influence  cannot  buy, 
something  he  would  give  his  life  for  if 
necessary,  no  recommendation  is  need- 
ed. The  truth  is  his  recommendation. 
The  young  man  who  starts  out  with 
the  resolution  to  make  character  his 
capital  is  assured  of  success;  he  can- 


not fail.  Would  that  all  men  were 
doing  this.  Is  it  not  strange  that  in 
this  age  men  will  do  anything  to  gain 
honor.  They  will  cheat  and  be  un- 
truthful if  they  see  it  might  bring  them 
honor.  To  drift  along  with  the  crowd 
is  easy.  Is  it  not  strange  that  men 
will  follow  a  ficticious  course  even  to 
the  point  of  their  own  destruction? 
Why  are  our  prisons  filled?  Is  it  be- 
cause of  honesty  and  truthfulness?  If 
in  any  course  of  action  a  man  loses 
his  character  his  power  is  gone.  With- 
out character  he  will  never  accomp- 
lish anything  really  great.  He  must 
hold  fast  to  honesty  and  to  the  truth. 
It  is  that  which  inspires  him  to  take 
a  new  hold  on  life  and  will  to  be  some- 
thing. If  he  does  not  cling  to  honesty, 
to  the  truth,  he  cannot  even  believe  in 
himself.  He  is  ever  conscious  of  the 
fact  that  he  is  occupying  a  false  posi- 
tion. This  consciousness  of  not  being 
genuine,  robs  a  man  of  his  power, 
mars  his  character,  and  destroys  his 
self-confidence  and  self-respect.  To 
be  a  man  in  reality  he  must  retain  his 
self  reliance  and  self  respect. 

Young  men  today  too  often  under- 
estimate character.  They  seem  to 
emphasize  what  people  call  smartness, 
shrewdness  and  long-headedness. 
They  apparently  discount  honesty  and 
noble  character.  Yet  why  is  it  that 
some  business  concerns,  yes,  many  of 
them,  pay  large  sums  of  money  to  use 
the  name  of  a  man  who  has  been  dead 


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over  half  a  century?  It  is  because 
there  is  power  in  that  name,  because 
there  is  character  behind  it  and  be- 
cause it  stands  for  reliability  and 
square   dealing. 

There  are  many  young  people  today 
without  a  puroose.  To  such  real  man- 
hood should  be  emphasized  as  a  pat- 
tern. These  should  be  enforced  to 
read  the  inspiring  stories  of  men  and 
women  who  have  done  something  in 
the  world.  It  is  the  truth  that  will 
implant  character  in  the  lives  of  our 
youth.  Truth  will  train  the  child  to 
master  self  and  go  onward.  Children 
cannot  help  living  in  some  degree  the 
lives  of  the  heroes  constantly  held  be- 
fore their  minds.  The  question  arises: 
Whose  lives  should  they  study? 
Those  most  helpful  to  the  average 
youth  are  not  the  life  stories  of  men 
who  have  startled  the  world,  like  Na- 
poleon, Cromwell,  or  Julius  Caesar. 
These  dazzle  most  boys.  They  ad- 
mire such,  but  do  not  feel  that  they 
can  imitate  them.  They  like  to  read 
of  their  lives  but  do  not  get  the  bene- 
fit from  these  that  they  would  from 
those  who  have  not  startled  the 
world  so  much.  It  is  the  triumph  of 
ordinary  ability  that  is  most  helpful 
as  an  inspiration.  The  life  of  Lincoln 
has  been  an  infinitely  greater  inspira- 
tion to  the  world  than  the  life  of  Jul- 
ius Caesar.  Why  is  it?  It  is  because 
he  possessed  ordinary  ability.  What 
he  has  clone  more  men  could  do  if 
they  would  but  try. 

The  lives  of  these  will  be  a  const- 
ant spur  to  ambition.  They  make  us 
hungry  to  do  something  worth  while 
ourselves.  There  is  nothing  which 
will  spur  us  on  to  do  our  best  like  the 
romance   of   achievement.     It   behoov- 


es us  to  seek  out  the  most  admirable 
qualities  found  in  the  lives  of  different 
great  people.  From  this  it  is  neces- 
sary for  us  to  create  our  ideal  charac- 
ter after  which  to  mould  our  lives.  In 
time  to  come  we  will  be  surprised  how 
our  lives  have  grown,  how  our  charac- 
ter has  been  strengthened.  To  be 
real  men  and  women  we  must  above 
all  have  character.  J.  G.  Holland 
says,  "Character  must  stand  behind 
and  back  up  everything."  No  matter 
what  we  attempt,  everything  is  worth- 
less without  character. 

Another  writer  says,  "Character  is 
power — is  influence  ;  it  makes  friends ; 
creates  funds,  draws  patronage  and 
support,  and  opens  a  sure  way  to 
wealth,  honor,  and  happiness."  Hence 
we  see  character  is  the  real  thing,  in- 
deed it  is  power,  it  is  what  enables  us 
to  do  really  great  things.  It  is  not 
fiction.  It  is  the  genuine  thing 
which  we  should  strive  with  our  might 
to  obtain.  However,  we  cannot  get 
it  in  a  short  time.  A  well  rounded 
character  is  the  result  of  years  of  pa- 
tient well-doing.  The  '  sculptor  pa- 
tiently chips  the  rough  marble  little 
by  little,  until  finally  the  perfected 
form  rewards  his  tireless  effort.  In 
the  same  manner  each  one  of  us  carves 
out  his  own  moral  likeness.  Every 
day.  however  little  it  seems  to  be,  we 
add  something  to  our  work.  Our 
thoughts  and  our  habits  all  help  in 
fashioning  character.  If  our  habits 
are  born  of  love,  piety  and  truth,  or  if 
they  are  habits  of  untruth,  passion  and 
hatred,  it  matters  not  which  they  are 
They  all  silently  mould  our  likeness, 
until  at  length  we  have  the  finished 
product.  So  long  as  life  lasts  with  its 
joy  and  sorrow,  its  opportunities  for 


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good  or  evil,  so  long  our  characters 
are  being  shaped  and  fixed.  Thinking 
noble  thoughts  is  one  of  the  essentials 
of  character  building.  Did  you  ever 
know  a  person  who  has  set  his  heart  to 
do  and  think  the  right  and  nothing 
else  in  all  attempts?  How  soon  the 
very  expression  on  his  face  seems  to 
imply  strength.  Such  singleness  of 
thought  accords  with  the  sentiment  of 
Carlyle :  "Thy  life  is  no  idle  dream 
but  a  solemn  reality.  It  is  thine  own ; 
it  is  all  thou  hast  to  front  eternity 
with.  Work  then  like  a  star  unhast- 
ing  3-et  unresting/' 


The  romance  of  youth,  the  pictures 
of  fancy,  the  charm  of  fiction  too  often 
fade  away  when  we  wake  from  our 
dream  and  open  our  eyes  to  the  hard 
facts  <>f  life;  but  if  we  follow  with 
unswerving  faith  the  guidance  of 
worthy  examples  set  before  us,  if  we 
steadfastly  seek  after  gnuineness  and 
integrity,  truth,  honor,  and  nobility  of 
soul,  we  shall  behold  before  us  an  en- 
chanted land,  whose  fields  of  eternal 
spring  will  fill  our  bosoms  with  the 
highest  joy  and  rapture;  it  will  be  the 
romance  of  reality. 


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Silent  Influences. 


Lydia  L.  Withers. 


The  Greeks  are  said  to  have  been  a 
most  artistic  people  due  to  their  beau- 
tiful natural  environment.  Our  poets 
have  also  become  artists  to  a  large  ex- 
tent because  of  their  surroundings.  It 
therefore  behooves  us  to  make  our- 
selves receptive  to  the  silent  influences 
of  our  surroundings.  For  whether  we 
look  on  one  side  or  the  other  we  are 
met  by  some  form  of  nature  by  which 
we  are  influenced  unawares.  And  as 
we  mingle  with  society  in  the  same 
maner  we  unconsciously  receive  its 
impressions. 

Let  us  look  about  us  for  a  moment. 
Nature  greets  us  as  it  buds  and  bursts 
forth  into  bloom  in  the  spring  of  the 
year.  We  cannot  help  feeling  a  cer- 
tain awe  as  we  look  upon  the  seeming- 
ly lifeless  trees  as  they  swell  their 
buds.  Nature  in  all  of  its  many  and 
wonderful  forms  fills  us  with  a  vigor 
and  strength  which  we  can  only  feel 
when  we  come  into  close  contact  with 
it  in  the  spring.  YVe  are  thrilled  when 
we  behold  the  clear  babbling  brook  as 
it  flows,  now  calmly,  and  rather  noisily 
over  pebbles  and  stones  in  its  winging 
course  through  verdant  meadows  and 
leafy  forests. 

Here  we  are  filled  with  reverence. 
We  feel  the  nearness  of  our  Creator  as 
we  stand  gazing  upon  the  tall  pines 
and  sturdy  oaks  with  the  clear  blue 
sky  above  them.  It  is  not  astonishing 
to  think  that  our  forefathers  used  the 
forests    and    groves    as   their   temples. 


They  realized  the  greatness  of  pur 
heavenly  Father.  They  felt  that  they 
could  approach  Him  better  in  the 
groves  than  in  sanctuaries.  In  the 
forest  where  we  are  close  to  nature 
we  can  commune  with  God  to  a  better 
advantage  than  at  any  other  place. 
Here  we  are  made  to  feel  that  God  is 
divine. 

All  these  things  are  beautiful  -in 
spring  but  as  we  approach  autumn  we 
are  even  more  deeply  touched  by  the 
silent  influence  of  nature.  The  leaves 
begin  to  drop  and  a  feeling  of  melan- 
choly possesses  us.  But  we  are  glad- 
ened  by  the  many  colors  with  which 
God  has  dressed  Nature,  through 
which  the  power  of  our  omnipotent 
Father  is  again  revealed  to  us. 

Not  one  day  passes  but  that  we  can 
see  the  wonders  of  God  displayed.  In 
the  sun-rises  and  sun-sets,  which  are 
especially  beautiful  in  the  spring  and 
fall  of  the  year,  we  see  His  hand.  The 
sun  as  it  daily  makes  its  way  through 
the  sky  in*1-  *ees  man  and  gives  life 
and  str  .  ,  to  plants  and  animals. 
E  ven  wnen  the  sky  is  not  clear  there 
is  wonderful  power  portrayed  in  the' 
clouds.  Again  look  at  the  sky  on  a 
bright  starlight  night  or  when  full 
moon  is  approaching  and  you  will  be 
amazed  at  the  magnificence. 

Moreover  we  are  influenced  by  our 
companions.  We  cannot  associate 
with  any  person  without  becoming  a 
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a  part  of  ourselves. 

We  are  not  always  influenced  for 
the  better.  The  evil  traits  of  a  per- 
son may  not  stand  out  prominently 
yet  we  are  brought  under  his  influence 
If  we  continually  associate  with  peo- 
ple who  do  not  have  strong  characters 
we  will  become  weak  and  thus  influ- 
ence others  in  the  same  way.  We 
should  therefore  aim  to  have  noble 
companions.  We  cannot  help  but  be 
aided  on  our  road  upward  if  we  ming- 
le with  people  who  have  high  ideals. 
The  silent  influence  of  such  associa- 
tes makes  easy  the  attainment  of  our 
own   ideals. 

Moreover  to  a  great  extent  are  we 
influenced  by  our  teachers  who  in- 
struct us  daily.  Ae  we  enter  the  class 
room  day  after  day  we  feel  the  charac- 
teristics and  personalities  of  our  teach- 
ers. Why  is  it  we  would  rather  go  to 
one  class  than  another?  Is  it  because 
we  are  more  fond  of  that  one  subject? 
It  is  to  a  certain  extent  but  if  the 
teacher  has  a  pleasing  magnetic  per- 
sonality we  will  unconsciously  be  aid- 
ed to  forget  our  dislike  for  the  subject. 

Furthermore,  a  school  in  its  entirety 
wields  an  influence  over  us  of  which 
we  are  not  conscious.  The  influence  of 
a  Christian  institution  for  gpod  is  un- 
limited. In  such  a  schocj  ,  je  con- 
stantly surrounded  by  a  reli^,  ous  at- 
mosphere. We  canot  realize  to  the 
fullest  extent  what  the  daily  chapel 
exercises  of  our  own  school  have 
meant  to  us.  They  have  silently  ligh- 
tened our  moral  and  spiritual  stand- 
ards. 

Just  as  the  influence  of  a  Christtian 
school  affects  our  characters,  so  does 
the  church  wield  a  mighty  influence 
upon  our  lives  by  its  silent  teachings. 


We  feel  a  reverence  when  we  enter 
the  house  of  God  which  we  do  not  feel 
in  any  other  place.  If  we  do  not  re- 
strain the  spirit  we  will  unconsciously 
be  prepared  upon  entering  the  church 
to  approach  God.  Here  we  learn  to 
respect  ourselves  and  our  fellowmen. 
People,  in  this  age  of  the  world  when 
every  one  is  striving  to  obtain  riches 
and  high  rank,  are  likely  to  forget  to 
respect  others  and  to  revere  their  God. 
But  let  them  come  into  the  presence  of 
God  and  they  will  be  morally  and 
spiritually   uplifted. 

Lastly,  the  silent  influence  of  the 
home,  an  institution  of  love,  cannot 
be  over  estimated.  The  love  of  a 
mother  for  her  children  is  incompar- 
able. Yet  homes  are  so  different.  In 
some  all  are  filled  with  love  for  one 
another.  As  a  result  even  a  stranger 
feels  at  home  immediately.  Other 
homes  by  their  very  atmosphere  are 
repulsive  to  the  casual  visitor.  The 
influence  of  such  homes,  is  destructive 
in  its  effect.  The  home  if  it  is  the 
right  kind  is  the  best  place  to  implant 
high  ideals  in  the  mind  of  the  child 
not  so  much  by  its  conscious  teachings 
but  especially  through  the  silent  in- 
fluence   which    it   daily    wields. 

Since  we  are  thus  unconsciously  af- 
fected by  all  rbout  us  we  should  strive 
to  get  the  fullest  inspirations  from 
the  beauties  of  nature,  to  associate 
with  the  best  companions  and  to  form 
such  habits  as  will  bring  us  day  by 
day  nearer  to  our  ideals  and  so  like  the 
silent  influences  which  have  moulded 
us,  silently  but  surely  approach  the 
moral  and  spiritual  perfection  which 
assures  us  victory  here  and  a  crown 
hereafter. 


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EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 


Editorial    Committee 


Helen   G.   Oellig,   Chairman. 
Clarence    Ebersole. 
Anna   R.   Eshleman. 
Prof.   R.  W.   S^hlosser. 


DEPARTMENT    EDITORS 
Literary    Dept Helen    G.    Oelli 


Social   Dept...                   !  Lydia   Withers 
I  David  Markey 
Athletic    Dept John  F.  Graham 

Religious    Dept  .  '  Alice  Reber 

(  G.  E.  Weaver 


Commercial  Dept. 


f  Clarence  Ebersole 
\  Walter   Landis 


Editorial  Dept I  A.  C.  Baugher 

[  B.   E.  Groff 

Portrait   Dept /  Eva  V.  Arbegast 

(.  Henry  G.  Hershey 


Miscellaneous    Dept.. 


Inez   Byers 
Verda    Eckert 
Anna  R.  Eshleman 


COMMITTEES 


Finance. 

D.  H.  Markey,  Chairman. 
Charles  A.  Abele. 
Lydia  Withers. 


Plan. 
J.  F.  Graham,  Chairman. 
Henry  Hershey. 
Ruth  Kilhefner. 
Eva  Arbegast. 


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"Our  Class" 

Early  in  the  fall  of  1916,  a  number 
of  happy  •  boys  and  girls  met  in 
"Room  A*',  for  the  purpose  of  or- 
ganization. They  elected  their  of- 
ficers  then   adjourned. 

Throughout  the  year  wc  have  had 
many  meetings.  Whenever  a  meet- 
ing was  called  a  hearty  response  was 
given.  The  regular  duties  that  fall 
on  seninrs.  did  not  fail  to  make  their 
impression  on  us.  All  the  work  that 
we  undertook,  we  endeavored  to  dis- 
pose of  in  a  business-like  way. 
During  the  year  we  tried  to  emphasize 
the  importance  of  unity  and  loyalty. 
Everyone  worked  hard  but  with  a  will- 
ing and  cheerful  spirit.  Those  on 
committees  did  their  work  in  a  C3m- 
mendable  way. 

It  was  not  the  aim  of  the  class  of 
1917  to  manifest  the  amount  of  class 
spirit  which  is  so  prevalent  in  many 
colleges.     Our  class  took  the  stand  of 


an  eldest  son  or  daughter  in  the 
family.  The  faculty  was  to  us  as  a 
parent :  and  the  other  classes  were 
as  brothers  and  sisters.  Placing  our- 
selves on  this  basis  we  found  no  room 
or  time  for  a  spirit  of  rivalry  and 
emulation.  Many  classes  spend  their 
best  time  and  talent  in-  combating 
with  "class  spirit".  By  evading  this 
unnecessary  and  unwise  manifestation 
of  intellectual  advancement  we  found 
more  time  to  devote  to  things  worth 
while.  At  no  time  did  we  endeavor 
to  impress  on  anyone  the  feeling  of 
superiority.  It  would  have  been  con- 
sidered a  grave  offense  for  anyone  to 
try  to  break  our  school  family.  We 
were  under  the  impression  that  to 
prepare  for  special  and  uplifting  work, 
we  must  learn  while  at  school,  the 
value  and  importance  of  friendship 
and  co-operation.  To  this  end  have 
all  labored  earnestly  throughout  the 
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Our  Teachers. 


The  teachers  of  a  school  determine 
to  a  large  degree  the  success  of  the 
students  that  are  graduated  from  it. 
Of  course  there  are  always  a  few 
students  who  idle  away  their  time  and 
who  get  through  on  a  very  narrow 
margin.  It  is  to  be  remembered  that 
a  student  will  get  out  just  what  he 
puts  into  school  work  and  no  more; 
that  school  life  presents  the  same 
problems  that  will  confront  him  when 
he  faces  the  world  and  that  his  success 
as  a  student  is  in  a  large  measure  a 
forecast  of  his  success  in  after  life. 

The  teachers  of  Elizabethtown  Col- 
lege  are    confronted      with      problems 
which     instructors     of      most      other 
schools  do  not  experience.     Situated  in 
the  heart  of  an  agricultural  district,  its 
student   body   is   made  up  largely     of 
young  men  and  women  from  the  farm. 
It   requires   skill     and     patience     to 
mould  such     students     into     polished 
ladies  and  gentlemen.     But  it  is  worth 
while.     Who   knows?     Perhaps    there 
is  a     second     Garfield     or     a     second 
Lincoln  among  them,  for  the  majority 
of  great  men  came  from  the  farm.     If 
this    hidden    genius   is   to   be    revealed 
the    work    will    fall    largely    upon    the 
teachers,  for  the  student's  mind  is  in 
the  plastic  state  and  is  very  susceptible 
to      impressions.     The      teachers      of 
Elizabethtown  College  have  succeeded 
admirably.     The  percentage     of     fail- 
ures graduated     from     Elizabethtown 
College  is  very  low. 

However,  there  are  some  young  men 
who  attend  college  who  have  such  a 
rebellious  spirit,  such  a  disregard  for 


their  fellow  students  and  who  practice 
vicious  habits  as  smoking  and  often 
times  imbibing  intoxicating  liquors. 
A  few  such  students  have  drifted  into 
Elizabethtown  College.  The  teachers 
do  all  in  their  power  to  lead  such 
students  aright.  They  have  frequent- 
ly inspired  such  students  to  lead  better 
lives  and  have  moulded  them  into  true 
ladies  and  gentlemen  They  have  re- 
turned to  their  respective  communities 
and  won  the  respect  of  -  their  com- 
panions. 

The  teachers  give  sufficient  op- 
portunity for  both  sexes  to  mingle,  but 
few  students  attempt  to  take  advantage 
of  the  teachers  by  clandestine  meet- 
ings. They  then  censure  the  teachers 
as  being  narrow-minded  and  bigoted. 
A  criticism  which  is  very  unjust. 

Our  teachers  are  the  epitome  of  ef- 
ficiency. They  represent  the  training 
received  in  such  institutions  as  Co- 
lumbia University,  New  York  Uni- 
versity, University  of  Pennsylvania, 
Franklin  and  Marshall,  Ursinus,  and 
other  colleges  of  high  standing.  They 
are  all  well  trained  and  inspire  the 
students  to  emulate  their  achieve- 
ments. They  have  always  shown  a 
willingness  to  cooperate  with  the 
classes  when  organized.  The  relation 
between  the  Class  of  1917  and  the 
teachers  was  never  strained.  They 
were  always  ready  to  assist  and  ad- 
vise us  in  any  matter  which  was  too 
deep  or  weighty  for  us  to  handle. 

Their  time  was  not  only  devoted  to 
the  students,  but  they  rendered  ser- 
vice to  the  surrounding  country.     Dr. 


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Reber  and  Prof.  Meyer  are  known 
for  their  Bible  Institute  work,  Prof. 
Schlosser  for  his  evangelistic  work 
and  Prof.  Ober  for  his  temperance 
work.  Thus  we  see  the  reason  for 
the  success  of  the  graduates  of  Eliza- 
bethtown  College.  The  Class  of  1917 
will  leave  school  with  a  heart  full  of 
gratitude  to  the  teachers  for  their  un- 
tiring efforts  in  behalf  of  the  class. 

Benjamin   Engle  Groff. 


"Non   Sibi   sed    Omnibus." 

Every  class  naturally  tries  to  have 
a  motto  which  harmonizes  with  their 
ideals.  We  .-.elected  our  motto  by 
ballot.  Everyone  could  express  their 
aim  in  coming  to  this  institution,  and 
as  it  stands  the  majority  have  ex- 
pressed their  desire  to  serve.  "Not  for 
ourselves  but  for  all  is  the  aim  of  our 
coming  to  this  institution",  can  be 
said  by  the  members  of  the  class  of 
191 7.  We  thought  that  the  adapted 
poem  would  express  our  ideals  of  life. 


We  live  for  those  who  love  us, 
Whose,  hearts   are  kind   and  true, 

For  the  heaven  that  smiles  above  us, 
And   awaits  our  spirit,  too, 

For  the  human  ties  that  bind  us, 

For  the  task  by  God  assigned  us, 


For  the  bright  hopes  left  behind  us, 
And  the  good  that  we  can  do. 

We  live  to  learn  their  storj 
Who've   suffered   for  our  sake, 

To  emulate  their  glory, 
And  follow  in  their  wake; 

Bards,   patriots,   martyrs,  sages, 

The  noble  of  all  ages. 

Whose  deeds  crowd  history's  pages 
And  Time's  great  volume  make. 

We   live  to  hold  communion 

With   all   that   is   divine, 
To  feel  there  is  a  union 

'Twixt   Nature's  heart  and  mine, 
To  profit  by  affliction, 
Reap  truths  from  fields  of  fiction, 
Grow  wiser  from  conviction 

And  fullfill  each  grand  design. 

We  live  to  hail  that  season, 

By  gifted  minds  foretold, 
When  men  shall  rule  by  reason, 

And    not    alone    by    gold; 
When   man   to  man   united. 
And    every    wrong   thing   righted. 
The  wljole  world  shall  be  lighted 

As  Eden  was  of  old. 

We  live  for  those  who  love  us. 
For  those  who  know  us  true, 
For  the  Heaven  that  smiles  above  us, 

And  awaits  our  spirits  too; 
For  the  cause  that  lacks  assistance, 
For  the  wrong  that  needs  resistance, 
For  the  future  in  the  distance, 
And  the  good  that  we  can  do. 

A.  C.  Baugher. 


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Social    Department 


On  St.  Patrick's  Day  (Sat.  March 
i/<  l91/)  tne  ^e»ior  class  entertained 
the  student  body  and  faculty  in  Music 
Hall.  The  social  was  called  a  "Pig 
Partv'*  because  the  pig  predominated 
in  the  contests  of  the  evening.  The 
Hall  was  decorated  beautifully.  There 
was  a  star  of  penants  in  the  middle  of 
the  ceiling  and  penants  were  hung 
around  on  the  walls.  The  floor  was 
covered  with  small  rugs  and  a  table 
was  set  in  the  centre. 

As  the  guests  entered  the  room 
each  one  was  given  a  number  of 
beans.  After  all  were  assembled  the 
fun  began.  Each  one  was  to  see  how 
many  beans  he  could  obtain  within 
five  minutes  by  asking  such  questions 
as  would  require  the  answer  "yes"  or 
"no".  At  the  end  of  five  minutes  the 
beans  were  counted  and  Prof,  and  Mrs. 
Via  won  the  prize.  When  this  was 
finished  each  person  was  given  a 
piece  of  paper  and  told  to  tear  a  pig 
from  it.  Miss  Laura  Hess  being  the 
sewing  teacher  and  accustomed  to 
cutting  patterns  had  the  best  pig  when 
the  contest  was  over.  The  next  con- 
test was  also  a  pig  contest.  Each  one 
blindfolded  was  to  try  to  pin  a  tail 
on  a  pig.  Mr.  Abel  Long  getting  the 
tail  nearest  the  proper  place  received 
the   prize. 

After  these  contests  were  ended 
shamrocks  with  hats  were  handed  to 
the  ladies  and  shamrocks  with  pipes 
to  the  gentlemen.  These  were  all 
numbered  and  the  ones  having  the 
same  number  were  a  couple.  Re- 
freshments   were    then    served    which 


consisted  of  green  jello,  punch,  and 
tokens.  A\ "hile  the  refreshments  were 
served  our  president.  Mr.  Baugher 
presided  as  toastmaster. 

After  the  social  the  committee  and 
several  of  the  other  seniors  went  to 
the  kitchen  with  Miss  Brenisoltz  to 
wash  the  dishes.  Mr.  Landis  wanted 
to  pour  the  punch  away  but  was  glad 
to  help  to  drink  it  when  the  dishes 
were  washed.  As  we  were  sitting 
around  the  table  one  of  the  boys  made 
a  noise  and  Miss  Brenisoltz  thought 
it  was  a  mouse  and  jumped  on  a  chair 
and  all  the  rest  of  us  screamed.  We 
then    retired. 

The  seniors  decided  at  one  of  their 
class  meetings  to  render  an  Arbor  Day 
program  on  Friday,  April  13,  1917.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  arrange 
a  program  and  choose  what  kind  of 
a  tree  should  be  planted.  The  catalpa 
tree  was  chosen.  A  committee  was 
appointed  to  decorate  the  hall.  On 
Thursday  afternoon  the  committee 
went  to  Tea  Hill  for  laurel  and  flowers. 
They  spent  a  pleasant  afternoon  in 
the  woods  and  on  the  way  back  they 
got  a  small  sapling  to  plant  because 
the  catalpa  tree  had  not  arrived. 
When  they  arrived  at  school  they 
found  that  they  had  left  a  hatchet  in 
the  woods  and  the  next  afternoon  they 
went  back  for  it.  Early  on  Friday 
morning  the  committee  began  work 
in  the  Hall.  They  put  a  large  laurel 
wreath  on  the  wall  back  of  the  plat- 
form and  at  each  end  of  the  platform 
and  across  the  top  there  wras  stretched 
a  wire  netting  covered     with     laurel. 


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The  platform  had  the  appearance  of 
a  porch.  After  dinner  all  was  ready, 
the  bouquets  and  chairs  were  all  in 
place. 

A\  hen  it  was  time  for  the  program 
to  begin  the  seniors  came  wandering 
in.  Some  were  talking  of  the  war  and 
affairs  of  state  and  some  of  the  ladies 
were  doing  fancy  work.  Soon  the 
president  came  in  and  every  thing 
else  ceased,  and  began  his  address. 
After  this  address  Miss  Eshleman  read 
an  essay  on  "Arbor  Day".  Mr.  Eber- 
sole  then  gave  an  oration  entitled. 
"Beauty  and  Value  of  Trees".  We 
then  listened  to  a  vocal  solo  by  Miss 


Withers.     Following   this      was      the 
main  address  of  the  afternoon  by  Dr. 
R.  C.  Schiedt.     A  mixed  quartet  sang 
a  song  entitled,  "Out  on   the     Leafy 
Campus".     All  who  were  present  then 
gathered  around  the  tree  as  the  seniors 
planted  it.     Our  president  gave  a  short 
address     before     planting     the     tree. 
While  the  president  was  speaking  the 
seniors  all  seemed  to  be  amused.    The 
cause  of     their     amusement     was     a 
phrase  in  his  speech  when  he  spoke  of 
the  immortal  tree  which  happened  to 
be  a  sumac.     After  the  tree  was  plant- 
ed the  seniors  sang  and   the  meeting 
was  adjourned. 


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Religious    Department. 


We,  the  Seniors  of  1917.  feel  that 
we  have  not  only  accomplished  things 
worth  while  in  physical  and  mental 
training-,  although  we  have  not  been 
in  the  background  along  these  lines, 
but  feel  that  we  fell  in  line  with  the 
true  spirit  of  our  college  in  other  fields 
of  endeavor  as  well.  We  as  a  class 
feel  that  we  have  been  loyal  to  our 
college  as  well  as  to  our  parents  in 
making  use  of  the  many  religious  op- 
portunities which  were  afforded  us. 

The  Bible  Department  is  represtnt- 
ed  in  the  Class  of  1917.  by  Miss  Alice 
Reber  of  Centreport,  Pa.  She  is  be- 
ing graduated  from  the  English  Bible 
Course  of  the  school.  We  as  a  class 
feel  that  she  will  be  an  efficient  work- 
er in  the  church  activities  in  her  home 
community  when  she  returns.  Alice 
has  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
religious  activities  of  the  school  which 
will  add  to  her  efficiency  for  work  of 
this  kind.  Although  she  expects  to 
teach  school  we  feel  sure  that  she  will 
be  active  in  church  work  and  we  be- 
lieve that  her  religious  influence  will 
be  a  strong  factor  in  moulding  the 
characters  of  her  pupils. 

Although  we  have  only  one  member 
of  our  class  finishing  the  Bible  Course, 
quite  a  number  have  been  taking  some 
Bible  work  while  at  school.  The  ma- 
jority of  our  class  have  felt  the  need  of 
religious  training  and  took  advantage 
of  the  opportunities  offered  them. 
Many  have  been  active  in  hall  prayer- 
meetings  which  are  conducted  daily, 
and  a  large  number  have  been  active 
in  the  mid-week  prayer  meeting. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  Seniors  show 
their  desire  to  know  more  about  the 
religious  activities  of  the  church 
and  the  teachings  of  the  Master  by 
being  present  at  the  voluntary  reli- 
gious services.  Some  of  our  number 
are  active  in  the  Sundav  morning-  con- 


secration services,  a  few  have  complet- 
ed the  teaching  training  course  and 
several  are  active  teachers  in  the  town 
and  out-post  Sunday  Schools.  Four 
of  the  class  are  regular  teachers  in  the 
town  Sunday  School,  five  have  been 
teaching  in  the  Newville  Sunday 
School  and  one  at  Steven's  Hill. 

The  missionary  activities  of  the 
Senior  Class  have  also  been  numerous. 
Most  of  our  class  took  a  great  interest 
in  the  Mission  Study  Classes,  which 
are  held  regularly  every  week.  Some 
practical  work  has  been  done  such  as 
visiting  in  homes,  where  there  were 
people  who  were  sick  or  because  of 
some  physical  debility  were  unable  to 
attend  services  at  the  church. 

The  Senior  Class  has  also  been  rep- 
resented in  the  Volunteer  Band  of  the 
school.  Seven  of  them  being  active 
workers  in  the  Band.  Their  interest 
was  manifested  by  their  zeal  in  con- 
secration services,  and  deputation 
work. 

The  following  program  was  render- 
ed by  the  Seniors  at  the  mid-week 
prayermeeting.    June    6. 

Leader    A.   C.    Baugher 

Music    Audience 

Why  have  prayer  meeting? 

John  Graham 
Why   should  one  take   part   in   prayer 

meeting?    Inez   Byers 

Music. 

What    the    mid-week    prayer    meeting 
has  done  for  me  ....  Grant  Weaver 
Singing  as  a  factor  in  Christian  Wor- 
ship       Ada  G.  Young 

How  can  I  help  to  increase  the  spirit 
in   the  prayer  meeting  at  home? 

Eva  Arbegast 
Music. 

The  Bible  department  of  the  school 
rendered  a  program  June  2  in  which 
our  class  was  represented. 


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Miscellaneous    Department. 


Dr.  A.  B.  Van  Ormer. 

Dr.  Van  Ormer  is  a  native  of  Bed- 
ford County.  Here  he  taught  school 
in  his  youth.  He  was  graduated  from 
Dickinson  College  and  Seminary.  He 
took  his  Pd.  B.  degree  from  New  York 
University.  As  a  lecturer  at  county 
institutes  and  religious  conventions  he 
has    been    very      successful.     At      one 


Dr.  A.  B.  Van  Ormnr. 

time  he  was  a  member  of  the  faculty 
of  Ursinus  College.  He  also  served  as 
pastor  of  a  Church  near  Philadelphia, 
as  well  as  of  the  Shippensburg  Luth- 
eran Church.  At  present  he  is  past- 
or of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Altoona. 
Dr.  Van  Ormer  has  been  here  on  sev- 
eral previous  occasions,  but  we  are 
very  glad  to  have  him  as  the  Com- 
mencement orator  of  the  Class  of  '17. 


Arbor    Day. 

Up  on  the  platform  at  three  o'clock 
The   Senior's  meandered   along. 
This  was  their  first  to  to  be  upon  dock, 
And  the  audience  waited  breathlessly 

as  if  under  lock, 
For  this  was  Arbor  Day,  and  in  honor 

of  the  occasion 
Music  Hall  was  bedecked  as  if  for  va- 
cation, 
There  were  penants,  laurel  and  flow- 
ers too, 
Juite  like  a  summer  porch  party  view. 
Then  spoke  our  President  a  few  words 

of  greeting 
After   which   we   proceeded     with  the 

regular  meeting. 
Till  to  the  main  address  they  came, 
When  the  visitor  spoke  of  the  emblem 

of  fame 
Which  we  were  about  to  plant.     But 

quite  peculiar 
Seemed   the   fact   that   some     months 

were  not  very  linear. 
For  those  on  the  platform  a  little  joke 

knew, 
Which  had  been  told  only  to  a  chosen 

few, 
Then  out  to  the  campus  they  departed 
To  the  chosen  spot  all  of  us  darted. 
Again  spoke  our  President,  of  the  won- 
derful tree 
Which    happened   an   immortal   sumac 

to  be, 
All   care   was   taken     that  the     depth 

should  be  right 
Ere  we"  covered  the  roots  with  Mother 

Earth   tight. 
But  strange  indeed,  that  on  so  solemn 

an  occasion 
The  participants  should  pay  so  slight 

an  ovation. 
But  now  ere  we  finish  let  us  tell  you 

the  cause 
Of  the  laughter  and  of  the  prolonged 

pause. 
As  is  the  custon,  on  the  College  Hill 


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The  Senior's  each  year  a  tree  plant,  till 
In  the  years  to  come,  the  campus  will 

be   covered 
With  the  trees  planted  by  the  children 

the  College  mothered. 
However,    on    Arbor      Day,      nineteen 

seventeen 
No  sign  of  the  Seniors'  tree  had  been 

seen. 
Since   theirs    was   delayed      it   became 

their  lot 
To  seek  out  a  tree  near  the  College  lot. 
So  they  sought  diligently,  till  they  had 

found, 
A    little    sapling,    straight,   young   and 

sound. 
So  thinking  that  they     the     students 

could  deceive 
Planted  this  as  if  it  were  the  one  they 

had  received. 
Thus,  when  all  care  had  been  taken  to 

plant  it  aright, 
It  caused  them  to  laugh  at  the  queer 

looking   sight, 
But  the  tale   is  not  quite  told 
For  next  week  the  other  came  big  and 

old. 
Then  the  Seniors  dug  out  the  sapling 

and  planted  this,  there 
Just  as  the  twilight  was  beginning  to 

wear. 
But  the  Juniors  quite  naturally  in  for 

fun. 
For    the    college    hose    determined    to 

run. 
Alas !   to   their   misfortune  but  to   our 

luck 
The  nozzle  was  missing  so  they  could 

not   "duck" 
The   worthy   classmates   who   planted 

the  tree 
Which  now  as  an  emblem  of  fame  you 

may  see. 

Class    Nursery    Rhymes. 

A  is  for  Abele, 

A  funy   little  chap ; 
Never  it  seems  can  he 

Get  his   Geometry  down  pat. 

B  is  for  Ben,  so  gallant  and  tall, 
Fan  savs,  she  loves  him  all  in  all. 


C  is  for  Clarence,  the  Basket  Ball  star, 
Never   misses   the   goal,   though   from 
afar. 

D  is  for  Davy,  our  little  Dutch  boy, 
But  to  Alice  he  has  brought  much  joy. 

E  is  for  Eby,  who  studies  shorthand, 

and   typewriting, 
But  her  friends  at  Petersburg,  she  has 

not    been   slighting. 

F  is  for  fat,  Arby  says  she  is  not, 
Since  carbon  as  a  reducer  she's  got. 

G  is  for  Grant,  who  down  in  the  "Gym" 
Teaches  the  boys  how  to  get  vim. 

H   is  for  Hershey,  sometimes  in  mis- 
chief. 
A  very  kind-hearted  boy  is  our  belief. 

I  is  for  Inez,  an  all-around  girl 
Just   mention   Wilson,   and     her  head 
will  whirl. 

J  is  for  Jack,  our  class  orator,  , 
Who  wishes  he  could  see  the  Cumber- 
land Valley  more. 

K  is  for  Kuhns,  our  studious  friend. 
Ever  willing  a  smile  to  lend. 
L  is  for  Landis  and  Leiter  too, 
For  a  chat,  the  Reception  Room  '11  do. 
M  is  for  Mugs,  more  genteel  Mildred, 
"I    can   give   you   outing   advice,"    she 

once   said. 
N  is  for  Naomi  her  first  name  is  Ruth, 
Who  at  the  table  sometimes  does  not 

like  to  hear  the  truth. 
O  is  for  Oellig,  our  editor-in-chief, 
Who  daily  receives  a  nice  little  "brief." 
P  is  Pious,  applies  to  A.  C.  B. 
Though  with  all  of  us  he  can  agree. 
O  is  for  queer,  which  none  of  us  are, 
Even  if  we  come  from  near  and  far. 
R  is  for  Reber,  David's  sweet  Alice, 
We   hope    some    day    she'll    live   in    a 

palace. 
S  is  for  Shortie  more  often  Arby, 
Who  always  sees  she's  in  the  party. 
T  is  for  the  thoughts  we  think 
While  dabbling  here,  with  pen  and  ink. 
U  is  for  unity,  the  main  factor  of  our 

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Few    others,   we   declare,   could   us   in 
that  surpass. 

V  is  for  Verda,  our  Berks  Co.  maid, 
The  heroine  of  Sherman's  raid. 

W  is  for  Withers,  our  smallest  girl, 
Did  you  ever  see  her  without  a  curl?? 

X  is  a  cross  we  all  must  bear, 
"Cheer  up,  do  not  despair." 

Y  is  for  Young,   whom   the   girls  call 

"Mother." 
She  treats  the  one  just  like  the  other. 

Z  is  for  zealous,  a  synonymous  term, 
For  everyone  employed  in  this  firm. 

o 

Scene  on  the  Hall. 

Miss  Byers — "Are  you  playing  ten- 
nis after  supper?" 

Miss  Souder— "yes." 
Miss  Byers— "So  am  I." 
Miss   Saucier — "Who   are   you   play- 
ing with?" 

Miss   Byers — "Wenger." 

Miss  Sauder — "Why,  so  am  I.  When 
did  he  ask  you?" 

Miss  Byers— "Right  after  breakfast" 
Miss    Sauder — "Why,    he   asked    me 
then  too.     Do  you  mean  you  are  play- 
ing with   Henry." 

Miss    Byers— "No,   with    Ezra." 
Miss    Saucier — "Oh,    that's   all    right 
then." 

Mr.  Graham  serving  as  Critic  pro- 
tein in  Keystone  Literary  Society,  up- 
on seeing  so  many  femiliar  faces,  one 
in  particular  (Miss  Burkhart),  quite 
absent-mindedly   said : 

"We  are  certainly  glad  to  see  so 
many  new  faces  here  to-night.  We 
are  also  glad  to  see  the  old  ones," 
whereupon  a  thunder  of  applause 
arose.  Quite  dumfounded  he  contin- 
ued, "And  we  hope  you'll  come  again." 

(She  said  she  would). 

Miss  Young,  in  Etymology,  when 
asked  to  give  a  derivative  meaning  a 
little  man,  replied  in  a  very  confident 
tone,  "Manlet." 


In  Methodology,  speaking  about 
Civics  Dr.  Reber  asked,  "To  whom 
must  you  go  for  a  marriage  license?" 

A  senior  immediately  replied,  "To 
the   coroner." 

o— » 

On  Memorial  Hall. 

One  evening  during  the  winter  term 
the  boys  became  weary  of  their  studies 
and  decided  to  have  a  "feed."  The  boys 
gathered  in  Mr.  Landis'  room  and  pre- 
pared to  make  oyster  soup.  Mr.  Her- 
shey  went  to  town  for  the  oysters. 
They  then  proceeded  to  fill  the  largest 
kettles  and  couldrons  with  the  prepara- 
tion for  soup.  Fortunately  they  had 
a  recipe  book  as  their  right  hand  as- 
sistant. Mr.  Landis  acted  as  head 
chef  with  Mr.  Weaver  as  his  assistant. 
Mr.  Ebersole  watched  the  fire  and  it 
was  not  long  before  the  mixture  was 
boiling  and  seething.  The  partici- 
pants then  took  their  spoons  and  la- 
dels  and  proceded  to  eat  the  soup.  Mr. 
Markey  acted  as  toastmaster.  But 
strange  to  say  that  they  had  barely 
tasted  it  when  they  began  to  have  a 
queer  sensation  in  their  digestive  sys- 
tem and  their  mouths  foamed.  Mr. 
Weaver  was  the  first  to  complain  since 
he  had  taken  the  largest  helping. 

"Sav  fellows,"  he  said,  "This  does- 
n't taste  like  the  soup  my  mother 
makes.  Why  it  tastes  even  worse 
than  that  celery  soup  we  used  to  get 
in  the  College  Dining  Room." 

"That's  what  I  say,"  said  Mr.  Her- 
shev,  "we  often  made  it  and  it  never 
tasted  like  this." 

"Don't  you  think  we  ought  to  call 
Mr.  Wenger,"  said  Mr.  Ebersole. 
"Probably  he  can  help  us  in  our  di- 
lemma." 

By  this  time  all  the  boys  were  feel- 


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ing  very  sick  and  finally  agreed  that 
Mr.  Wenger  should  be  called. 

"Did  you  follow  the  reipe?"  said  Mr. 
Wenger  on  entering. 

"Why  yes,  you  can  see  for  yourself," 
said  Mr.  Landis. 

"Yes  I  see,"  said  Mr.  Wenger, 
"Really  boys  I  don't  understand.  You- 
're sure  you  didn't  put  too  much  soda 
in  it." 

"No  we  didn't  have  that  much  to 
waste."  said  Mr.  Markey. 

"Well."  said  Mr.  Wenger,  "My  opin- 
ion is  that  you  had  better  call  Dr.  Ul- 
rich." 

"I  need  help,"  said  Mr.  Hershey,  "I 
can't  stand  this  long." 

Someone  summoned  Dr.  Ulrich  by 
'phone  and  he  arrived  shortly. 

"Well  boys,  what  seems  to  be  the 
matter,  studying  too  hard?  Are  you 
sure  your  cream  wasn't  too  rich?" 

"We  didn't  use  cream,"  said  Mr, 
Landis,  "we  saw  this  recipe  and 
thought  the  ingredients  were  cheap 
and  so  we  used  this.  We  never  made 
it  like  this  before." 

"Yes,"  said  Mr.  Weaver,  "I  guess 
we  are  paying  for  the  cheap  ingredi- 
ents." 

"Let  me  see  that  book,  said  the 
doctor.  After  reading  he  exclaimed, 
"Why,  no  wonder  your  soup  made  you 
sick.  You'rs  not  eating  soup.  This 
receipt  says,  "How  to  make  SOAP.'  " 


Want  Column. 

A  "Leiter"  burden  to  bear — Walter 
Landis. 

A  hose  with  a  nozzle — Juniors. 

A  pair  of  stilts — Lydia  Withers. 

More  stability  on  rainy  days — Inez 
Byers. 

"Just   David"— Alice   Reber. 


Another  term  of  Public  Speaking — 
Seniors. 

More  lectures  in  town  —  Henry  Her- 
shey. 

A  letter  from  "Safe  Home" — Ada 
Young. 

A   green    lollo-pop — Eva   Arbegast. 

A  general  (Sherman)  of  Civil  War 
— Verda  Eckert. 

A  Bible"  teacher — David  Markey. 

Temperance  without  putting  away 
booze   (Booz)— A.  C.  Baugher. 

A  ladder  to  accompany  Miss  Myer 
up  the  scale  in  Public  Speaking — Ben 
Groff. 

An  invention  of  perpetual  motion — 
G.  E.  Weaver. 
A  fan  — Ben  Groff. 

A  ride  in  the  "Chevolet"— Ruth 
Kilhefner. 

Letter    from    Palmyra — Inez    Byers. 

A  bottle  of  grin  removei — Charles 
Abele. 

A  hart  from  the  ancient  race  of  the 
Burke  family — John  Graham. 

o 

Class  Poem. 

Behold  this  great  day  of  our  lives, 
When  we  as  a  class  must  part. 

'Tis  sad  and  hard  for  us  to  strive, 
To  check  the  tears  as  they  start. 

When  we  think  that  we  shall  never 
Meet  as  we  have  met  to-day, 

But,  never  shall  the  ties  sever,  , 
Which  we  have  formed  during  our 
stay. 

May  we  ne'er  forget  the  pleasures 
Mingled  with  our  little  cares; 

We  may  count  them  all  as  treasures, 
Giv'n  to  counteract  the  tears. 

We  were  cheerful  through  each  mis- 
hap. 

Cheerful   when    refused   our  trips, 
For  brighter  days  always  o'erlap, 

All  our  little  past  hardships. 

Although  our  honorable  teachers 
Frowned  on  us  at  various  times, 


SENIOR  NUMBER  OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


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Thought  we  acted  like  the  Teachers, 
For  knowledge  slipped  through  our 
lives. 

But  we  cannot  all  be  brilliant 
In  the  line  of  knowing  books. 

We  can't  all  be  equivalent; 

This  thought  changed  our  teachers' 
looks. 

On  the  whole,  of  the  class  we're  proud, 
All  were  faithful  in  their  work. 

Teachers  well  can   proclaim  aloud, 
"They  were  always  on  the  alert.'' 

We  can  say  we  all  have  gathered, 
Little   grains  to   be   planted. 

And  which  will  be  broadcast  scattered, 
Causing   good   where'er   landed. 

Think  of  how  we  will  be  planting. 
Loving  deeds  for  College   Hill. 

Everywhere  we  will  be  telling, 
Of  the  wonders  which  us  fill. 

We  are  a  band  of  true  workers ; 

Willing  always  to  do  right. 
We  ne'er  could  be  called  the  shirkers. 

For  we  did  all  in  our  might. 

To  our  most  worthy   President 
We  owe  much  praise  and  honor. 

He  faced  all  storms  and  e'er  was  rent. 
E'en  if  others  were  shunners. 

If  in  times  of  gloom  and  trouble, 

If  in  fear  of  divisions, 
"He  was  staunch  and  did  not  ruffle, 

For  he  saw  brighter  visions. 

As  a  worker  he  was  faithful ; 

Willing  to  give  all  his  aid. 
We  all  wish  him  to  be  cheerful, 

Even  with  his  little  maid. 

Our  Vice  President  we  implore. 
To  next  offer  words  of  praise. 

He,  the  orator,  sure  to  soar, 
As  high  as  his  voice  will  raise. 

Some  day  he  will  be  a  teacher. 

Far  and  wide  he  will  be  heard 
As  our  lecturer  and  preacher, 

Causing  millions  to  be  stirred. 

Our  jolly  Secretary  true, 
Always  cheerful  as  a  lark 


In  the  darkest  times,  to  be  sure 
She  will  truely  make  her  mark. 

Indeed  our  splendid  class  would  seem 
Incomplete   without   this  lass. 

For  she  is  a  regular  beam, 

In  the  nineteen  seventeen  class. 

As  to  our  faithful  Treasurer 
Mention  must  of  him  be  made. 

He,  a   very  good   manager 

Of  all  our  dues  which  we  paid. 

As  a  leader  of  committees 
He  was  hard  to  be  surpassed. 

He  was  one  who  took  little  tease, 
But  did  all  that  he  was  asked. 

In  our  class  of  four  and  tewenty, 
We  expect  great  things  of  each. 

Prepared  teachers  we  have  plenty 
Who  the  little  minds  can  teach. 

Of  our  ministers  we  proclaim 

Kind  words  of  adoration. 
To  promote  mankind  is  their  aim, 

Theirs  a  worthy  vocation. 

A  future  doctor  we  have  one 

Who  as   student,   classmate,  friend 

He  the  respect  of  each  has  won 
So   to   him   patronage   lend. 

We  have  among  us  a  banker, 
Stenographers,  Bookkeepers, 

Missionaries,   and   hereafter 

Will  be  found  good  housekeepers. 

Since  you  have  heard  this  I  am  sure, 
You  know  we'll  a  blessing  be, 

To  our  Alma  Mater  true, 
E'en  until  Eternity. 

—Ruth  N.  Kilhefner. 


'What 


Prof,    in    Chemistry      class 
kind  of  an  agent  is  carbon? 

Class — "Reducing." 

Miss  Arbegast — "Oh,  I'll  eat  some 
then." 

Miss  Oellig  in  Etomology  when 
asked  to  define  apiary,  replied,  "A 
place  where  apes  are  kept." 

Miss  Arbegast — "May  I  speak  with 
you  a  minute,  Helen?" 

Miss  Oellig— "Oh,  I  really  haven't 
time.  I  must  go  to  the  Library  and 
shut  up." 


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Class   Song. 

Can  we  the  happy  days  forget 
We  spent  on  College  Hill? 

Those  pleasant  hours  we'll  ne'er  regret 
When  memories  our  hearts  thrill. 

Chorus : 
Then  hail,  our  Alma  Mater  dear. 

All  hail,  to  thee! 
We  strive  to  keep  thy  spirit  near, 

And  ever  loyal  be. 

We've  labored  many  a  weary  hour. 

We've  tried  our  best  to  do. 
We've  gotten  knowledge,     skill,     and 
power, 

For  coming  labors  new. 

The  many  lessons  we  have  learned, 
A  thirst  for  truth  inspired. 

For  greater  service  we  have  yearned, 
Our  souls  for  this  are  fired. 

Then,  as  we  leave  the  place  we  love,. 

From  vice  and  ignorance  free, 
We'll  look  for  guidance  from  above 

And  labor  faithfully. 

—John  G.  Kuhns- 


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Degrees. 


At  the  last  meeting  of  the 
faculty  our  members  received 

A.  C.  laugher,  B.  D., 
David  Markey,  B.  T., 
Clarence  Ebersole,  B.  B.  B., 
Alice  Reber,  G.  R.,    ■ 
Lydia  Withers,  F.  f ., 
Grant   Weaver,  J.  A.  T., 
Henry  Hershey,  B.  G.  T., 
Eva  Arbegast,  M.  A.  T., 
Verda  Eckert,  M.   N., 
'Charles  Abele,  B.  F., 
John   Kuhns,   M.  'S., 
John   Graham,  B.  P.  S. 
Anna  EsTielman,  M.  L.  W., 
Inez   Byers,  M.   S.   L., 
Walter  Landis,  M.  S.  P., 
Ady  Eby,  B., 
Ben.  Groff,  B.  M., 
Ada  Young,  M.  M., 
Ruth    Kilhefner,  M.  A., 


"Honor  Conferring  Board"  of  the 
the  following  Degrees : 

Bachelor  of  Discipline 

Biggest  Talker 

Bachelor  of  Basket  Ball 

Greatest  Reader 

Fastest  Talker 

Jack  of  All  Trades 

Bachelor  of  Good  Times 

Master  of  Assistant  Teaching 

Most  Nimble 

Bashful  Fifteen 

Master  of  Smiles 

Bachelor  of  Public  Speaking 

Master  of  Long  Walks 

Master  of  Slumber  Land 

Master  of  Social  Privileges 

Baby 

Biggest  Man 

Most  Motherly 

-  -  Master  of  Art 


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The    Night   of  the   Social. 


Anna      Ruth   Eshelman. 


'Twas  the  night  before  the  social,  when  all  through  the  nail, 

Was  seen  not  a  soul,  nor  heard  yet  a  call ; 

The  delicacies  were  placed  in  the  office  with  care, 

In  hopes  that  the  cakes  soon  would  be  there ; 

The  Seniors  gathered  merrily  in  Music  Hall, 

Awaiting  the  games,  planned  for  them  all. 

Soon  "Arby"  with  her  apron  and  "Shirt"  with  his  tray, 

Brought  in  the  olives,  ice  cream  and  tea. 

But  woe  to  the  Juniors  for  the  Seniors  were  stunned, 

That  their  cakes  should  be  missing  as  if  it  were  fun. 

While  out  in  the  hall,  stalked  Johnny  H., 

To  see  if  the  notes  were  still  in  their  place ; 

Away  to  his  room  he  flew  like  a  flash, 

For  he  saw  the  note  after  lifting  the  latch. 

The  retiring  bell  rang,  the  students  adjourned 

Resolved  to  reap  vengeance  when  the  joke  they  had  learned. 

Many  were  the  whispers  going  to  and  fro, 

LTntil  Monday  at  twelve  thirty-five  ho !  ho ! 

Room  A,  a  confession  hall  had  become,, 

As  to  our  wondering  eyes  they  came  one  by  one, 

First  Linnie,  then  Mary  and  sure  enough  John. 

Then  the  doctor  as  a  judge  and  the  class  as  a  jury," 

Sentenced  the  trio  without  much  fury, 

For  the  Juniors  desire  -was  not  very  rash, 

Since  they  wished  the  Seniors  to  eat  cake  instead  of  hash. 

But  since  affairs  did  not  pan  out  as  they  were  planned, 

It  all  became  a  joke  and  now  it  is  canned. 


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SENIOR  NUMBER  OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


Who's    Who. 


Brightest 

Wittiest 

Sweetest 

Best  Looking 

Most  Popular 

Quietest 

Most    Attractive 

Most  Optimistic 

Most  Original 

Most  Frivolous 

Man    Hater 

Most  Talkative 

The    Baby 

Class  Giggler 

Most  Absent  Minded 

Politician 

The  Tallest 

Best  Natured 

Sweetest  Singer 

Most   Bashful 

Our  Preacher  to  be 

Most  Womanly 

Most  Manly 


Ben    Groff 

David  Markey 

Charles  Abele 

Ada  Young 

Walter  Landis 

Clarence  Ebersole 

Henry    Hershey 

Verda  Eckert 

Eva  Arbegast 

Mildred  Bonebrake 

Missing 

David  Markey 

Ada   Eby 

Alice  Reber 

Inez  Byers 

John  Graham 

Ben.  Groff 

John  Kuhns 

Lydia  Withers 

No,  not  one 

A.  C.  Baugher 

Helen  Oellig 

Ben.  Groff 


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Commercial    Department. 


Today,  as  never  before  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world,  there  is  a  great  cry 
for  bookkeepers  and  stenographers, 
not,  however,  the  self  trained,  unedu- 
cated, dishonest,  unaccurate  class,  but 
the  educated,  honest  and  accurate. 
The  day  needs  the  bookkeeper  and 
stenographer  who  knows  and  under- 
stands bookkeeping,  typewriting  and 
the  other  things  allied  to  office  prac- 
tice, and  puts  his  time  and  energy  to 
the  work. 

A  few  reasons  therefore,  for  tak- 
ing a  commercial  course  are,  first,  the 
world's  need,  the  need  for  more 
learned  men  along  commercial  lines 
and  transactions.  Second,  to  fulfill 
the  need  in  the  best  possile  way  or  in 
a  credile  manner,  to  know  how  to  keep 
books  and  records,  and  to  typewrite  ac- 
curately. Third,  to  learn  to  be  neat 
and  systematic  in  work.  Fourth,  to 
secure  a  better  knowledge  of  com- 
mercialism, and  help  to  check  evil  in- 
fluences and  dealings.  Fifth,  to  be 
the  best  bookkeeper,  stenographer,  or 
accountant  to  be  found.  And  lastly, 
that  which  is  of  interest  to  almost 
everybody,  that  is,  to  secure  money 
and  earn  a  livelihood.  Doing  com- 
mercial work  of  any  kind  is  no  cheap 
paying  job,  therefore,  same  people  take 
a  commercial  course  to  earn  more 
money. 

But  reasons  for  taking  a  commercial 
course  are  not  sufficient,  a  few  things 
in  pursing  one  must  also  be  consider- 
ed. First,  the  place  that  an  individ- 
ual ought  to  take  up  such  a  course. 
Of  all  the  places  to  pursue  a  course  of 


this  nature,  we  think,  Elizabethtown 
College  is  among  the  best,  for  numer- 
ous reasons,  a  few  of  which  are,— 
First,  its  small  classes;  second,  indi- 
vidual work,  no  chance  for  fraud ; 
third,  its  methods ;  fourth,  the  time 
spent  on  preparing  the  work ;  and  last- 
ly, the  competent  teachers  which 
Elizabethtown  has  and  has  had  and 
the  direct  or  close  contact  of  pupil 
and  teacher.  The  school  has  a  com- 
mercial course  and  productions  from 
it  that  are  worth)-  of  note  which  you 
will  see  later.  It  has  made  rapid  pro- 
gress along  commercial  lines  under 
the  influence  of  such  competent  teach- 
ers as  Prof.  Isaac  Z.  Hackman  and 
Prof.  Howard  Fries  of  former  years 
and  Prof.  H.  A.  Via  our  present  com- 
mercial  instructor. 

Other  things  to  be  considered  in 
taking  a  commercial  course,  are  the 
opportunities  which  Elizabethtown 
affords  in  connection  with  commercial 
work.  Elizabethtown  as  a  College 
does  not  teach  commercial  work  alone 
but  gives  numerous  other  opportuni- 
ties. It  affords  a  splendid  opportuni- 
ty for  training  along  literary  lines, 
and  an  opportunity  for  the  making  of 
an   all-around   commercial  man. 

C.  M.  E. 

What  the  Students  Are  Doing. 
Our  class  is  not  so  large  this  year 
as  it  has  been  in  former  years.  How- 
ever the  students  finishing  Commer- 
cial Courses  have  not  hurried  through 
or  given  their  time  to  other  courses. 
So  we  feel  that  they  have  attained  a 


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SENIOR  NUMBER  OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


high  degree  efficiency  in  their  respect- 
ive courses.  Mr.  Landis,  who  has 
been  in  school  the  greater  part  of  three 
years,  is  finishing  the  advanced  Com- 
mercial and  Bookkeeping  courses 
Miss  Eby,  who  has  spent  two  years 
on  the  Stenographic  courses  and  Miss 
Bonebrake,  who  came  to  us  last  fall 
from  the  Commercial  Department  of 
the  Waynesboro  High  School,  are  fin- 
ishing the  Stenographic  course.  These 
are  students  that  we  may  well  feel 
proud  of  and  expect  great  things  of 
them  in  the  future. 

The  graduating  class  is  small  in 
number,  but  it  does  not  represent  the 
whole  department  by  any  means. 
There  are  fifteen  students  working  on 
Bookkeeping  courses  and  fourteen  on 
the  Stenographic  courses,  besides  stu- 
dents doing  the  bookkeeping  required 
in  the  English  courses. 

The  classes  in  Pennmanship  have 
been  large  throughout  the  greater 
part  of  the  year.  Five  students'  effi- 
ciency diplomas  have  been  issued  and 
the  prospects  are  that  a  number  more 
will  receive  them.  \Y.  L.  L. 

What  Our  Graduates  Are  Doing. 

Our  graduates  are  filling  various  po- 
sitions of  trust  and  responsibility  in 
the  business  world  and  some  hold 
positions  under  the  State  Government. 
The  department  is  also  represented 
among  Commercial  teachers  in  High 
Schools  and  Colleges.  Some  have. 
while  pursuing  their  work  here,  re- 
ceived   inspiration    to    take    up    higher 


courses  at  the  University.  Quite  a 
few  hold  responsible  positions  in  banks 
and  all  reflect  credit  upon  their  Alma 
Mater  by  their  honesty,  integrity  and 
efficiency.  Many  of  the  former  stu- 
dents of  this  department  are  now  keep- 
ing house  and  in  managing  their 
homes  they  find  the  training  received 
here  of  special  value.  For  where  are 
business  methods,  sound  economy  and 
wise  administration  of  greater  value 
than  in  the  management  of  the  Ameri- 
can home  of  the  twentieth  century. 
We  can  say  all  this  truthfully,  but  we 
wish  it  understood  that  there 
is  no  matrimonial  bureau  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Commercial  department 
of  Elizabethtown  College. 

In  point  of  loyalty  to  their  Alma 
Mater  the  Commercial  graduates  of 
this  institution  are  second  to  none  in 
any  of  the  other  departments  of  the 
College.  And  the  future  may  show 
that  some  of  these  students  have  made 
fortunes  in  the  business  world,  that 
the  most  substantial  support  in  a  fi- 
nancial way  will  be  given  to  this  insti- 
tution, by  those  who  have  received 
their  business  training  in  this  school. 

W.  L.  L. 
o 

Our  President  at  class  meeting  in 
case  of  a  tie :  "Will  you  be  satisfied 
if  I  vote?" 

Class    (unanimously — "Sure." 

President— "Alright,  I'll  throw  up  a 
piece  of  paper  and  the  blank  side  will 
be  the  one  that  will  be  elected." 


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Athletic    Department. 


Athletic    Notes. 

Well  here  are  the  stars  of  1917 
Basket  Ball. 

Henry  Hershey,  F.,  "Hennie." 
Clarence  Ebersole,  F.,  "Capt." 
Benjamin   Groff,  C,  "Ben." 
Grant    Weaver,    G.,    "Grantie." 
Walter  Landis,  G.,  "Shirt." 
John  Graham,  Sub  C,  "Jack." 

A  Dialogue. 

The  scenes  are  laid  at  Mt.  Gretna,  at 
Sunset  Cottage,  the  retreat  of  Jack. 
The  time  is  one  year  after  the  great 
year  of  1917.  Jack  has  gone  to  his 
retreat  for  a  rest  of  several  days  after 
a  year  at  Elizabethtown. 

Jack — Well,  well !  I  suppose  it  is 
no  use  to  complain  since  our  school 
days  are  over  and  our  comrades  scat- 
tered. The  old  times  when  we  took 
part  in  the  games  in  the  little  old  dark 
gymnasium  come  back  to  me.  But 
after  all  those  were  times  I  shall  never 
forget.  Oh,  how  I  long  to  meet  the 
old  boys  and  again  have  a  chat  with 
them  about  the  old  days  we  spent  to- 
gether in  college  about  the  basket  ball 
games  and  our  many  disputes  and  dis- 
agreements. But, 'tonight  I  am  blue. 
I  wish  I  could  go  to  see  them  or  have 
them  come  here  soon  as  I  am  gettting 
rather  lonely,  ('phone  rings).  I  be- 
lieve that  is  the  'phone  again.  I  won- 
der how  often  it  will  ring  to-night. 
Well,  I  suppose  I  must  answer  as 
there  is  no  one  else  to  do  it.  (goes  to 
'phone)  Hello,  hel — lo,  why  don't  you 
answer?  Who's  speaking?  Hello 
Hennie,  how  are  you?     How  I  would 


enjoy  a  chat  with  you  and  in  fact  with 
all  the  members  of  the  old  bunch. 
Things  are  so  lonely  here,  you  couldn't 
arrange  to  pay  me  a  visit?  Do  you 
think  you  could  get  the  fellows  to- 
gether? That  will  be  fine.  When  can 
you  come?  Oh,  all  right!  everything 
will  be  in  readiness  for  your  visit." 
Scent   II. 

Tuesday  comes  after  a  full  day  on 
Monday  spent  in  preparation.  Jaqk 
is  eagerly  awaiting  the  arrival  of  his 
friends. 

Jack — "I  have  waited  a  long  time 
for  these  fellows.  They  ought  to  be 
here  soon.  Shirt  said  that  he  would' 
be  here  early  as  he  has  been  doing  no- 
thing for  the  last  two  weeks.  There 
are  footsteps  now.  It  certainly  must 
be  some  of  the  fellows  (a  knock  at  the 
door,  Jack  opens).  Hello  Capt,  I  am 
surely  glad  to  see  you.  How  has  the 
world  been  treating  you  since  last  we 
met?" 

Capt— "I  have  looked  forward  to- 
this  meeting  with  much  pleasure.  The 
time  has  seemed  short  since  our  hap- 
py   school    days." 

Jack — "Well,  Capt,  we  surely  had  a 
great  Basket  Ball  team  in  those  days 
and  if  I  am  able  to  judge  much  of  the- 
credit   belongs   to   you." 

(A  shout  and  a  quick  rush  from  the- 
outside  brings  Shirt  into  the  room  al- 
most exhausted  from  his  rapid  run- 
ning.) 

Capt. — "What's  the  matter  with  you 
turning  up  in  this  way?" 

Shirt — "Well,  I  was  somewhat  slow 
in   getting  started  and   I — I— I   mis— 


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missed  the  train." 

Capt — "That  is  natural  for  you." 

Shirt — "So   I   thought   I    would   run 

the  four  miles   instead  of  waiting  for 

the  next  train,  but  of  course  I  am  used 

to  that   since   I   have   made   the  track 

at  B.  R.  C." 

Jack— "I  know  you've  got  enough 
wind  to  blow  over  a  haystack." 

Capt. — "But  say.  where's  Henie? 
Did  you  see  anything  of  him?  We've 
been  looking  for  him  sometime  al- 
ready." 

Shirt — 'T  suppose  he's  entertaining 
the  ladies  somewhere.  He  always  was 
a  ladies'  man." 

Jack— "Well.  Capt..  doesn't  Shirt 
look  as  though  he  could  rough  it  about 
as  good  as  he  always  could?" 

Capt.  —  "'Yes.  I  think  so  but  school 
fellows  always  were  afraid  of  him. 
Shirt,  you  know  you  roughed  it  with 
those  poor  little  fellows." 

Shirt — "No,  I  didn't.  It  was  just 
my  way  of  playing  and  they  should 
have  got  hardened  to  it."  a  rap  at  the 
door.     Capt.  goes.) 

Capt. — "Well  of  all  things !  Grantie 
and   Ben  have  arrived." 

Shirt — "Take  seats  gentlemen,  and 
tell  us  about  your  trip  here  and  how 
you  two  happened  to  come  together." 

Grantie — "I  left  home  this  morning 
for  the  East.  Everything  seemed  to 
go  wrong  all  day.  At  Huntingdon 
after  a  short  stop  our  train  started 
again.  A  man  tapped  me  on  the 
shoulder.  I  started  up  and  here  was 
Ben.  He  told  me  he  was  playing 
center  on  the  J.  C.  team  which  I  heard 
had  a  very  successful  season." 

All— "Congratulations,  old  boy! 
Glad  to  hear  it." 

Capt. — "Fellows,   don't  you  remem- 


ber how  that  old  scout  played  in  the 
first  game  last  year?  You  know  no 
one  could  stop  him.  The  Juniors  call- 
ed him  a  public  menace,  at  least  to  the 
welfare  of  Basket  Ball. 

Shirt — "Let  me  see.  didn't  he  have 
three  goals  in  that  first  game  when 
we  swamped  the  other  fellows?" 

Jack — "So  my  sc:>re  book  says." 

Grantie— "Such  passing  I  never  saw 
in  all  the  big  company  I  played  in." 

Shirt  —  "Thank  you  for  that  acknow- 
ledgment.    That's   what   we    are." 

Ben — "You  fellows  flatter  me.  I 
was  never  accustomed  to  such  honors 
but  where  is  our  friend  Hennie?'" 

Grantie — "I  would  like  to  see  the 
little  man." 

Shirt — "Have  you  heard  about  his 
latest  hobby?" 

Ben — "I   hear  a   machine   now." 

Capt. — "I  will  go  and  see  whether 
it  is  he.  (he  shouts.)  It  is  Hennie." 
fall  run  out.) 

Grantie — "Let  me  see  the  old  star, 
the  victor  of  many  tennis  games,  the 
agile  Basket  Ball  player,  and  the 
miniature  pitcher." 

Capt.  ('leading  him  in) — "Hail  to 
the  star  of  our  bunch,  the  man  who 
was  not  afraid." 

Grantie — "I  have  only  one  grudge 
against  you.  Henie." 

Hennie— "What   is   that"" 

Shirt— "I  think  I  know." 

Grantie — "You  should  have  been 
licked  completely  for  losing  that  sec- 
ond game.  You  remember  what  a 
great  machine  we  had  the  first  game 
when  we  beat  them  27 — 16  and  how 
you  by  your  carelessness  and  tired 
feeling  lost  the  second  by  the  score  of 
21 — 19.     You  know  that.  Hen." 

Shirt— "Weren't   thev   some   games. 


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'They  would  have  had  no  show  had  we 
not  good-naturedly  given  it  to  them." 

Hennie — "Well,  boys,  we  had  some 
captain,*'   (looking  at  Capt.) 

Ben — "Well,  you  fellows  should 
have  had  me  in  all  the  games  then  you 
would  not  have  lost  at  anytime." 

Capt. — "Yes,   we   know  that." 

Grantie  —  "We  intended  to  use  you 
in   the  third   and   last   game." 

Hennie— "Yes,  by  the  way,  why  was 
there   no   third  game?" 

Capt.— 'Ask  Jack." 

Jack — "I  guess  they  were  afraid  of 
us." 
all  hard?" 

Shirt — "Afraid   of   us?     Aren't   they 

Jack — "That's  more  than  I  can  say 
for  I  don't  know.  I  was  at  Elizabeth- 
town  a  number  of  years  and  I  never 
knew  a  Junior  team  to  refuse  the 
Seniors  a  game.  I  saw  some  strong 
Senior  teams  and  I  suppose  the  Jun- 
iors haven't  been  any  different." 

Ben— "Ah,  ha!  I  see." 

Grantie — "What  do  you  see?" 

Ben — "I  see  that  we  were  the  best 
team  that  ever  struck  College  Hill." 

Hennie — "That's  the  truth.  I  knew 
that  before  jftid  they  knew  it  too." 

Grantie — "I  didn't  like  it  that  they 
refused  to  play  as  I  wanted  another 
game." 

Shirt — "But  if  they  were  afraid  it 
couldn't  be  helped." 

Capt. — "I  am  proud  of  having  been 
your  captain." 

Ben — "Three   cheers  to  the  captain 
and  the  champions  of  1917." 
(All   cheer.) 

Scene  III. 

They  now  prepare  to  go  to  the  din- 


ing  room   where     a   lunch   has     been 
spread. 

Jack — "Fellows  come  out  to  the  din- 
ing room  for  lunch." 

Shirt— "That's  the  best  of  it  all. 
Come  along,  fellows." 

Hennie— "Em  not  hungry.  I  don't 
care  for  any  eats." 

Shirt — "Ah,  come  on." 

(They  go  out,  Shirt  pulling  Hennie 
after.) 

Hennie — "Do  you  know,  fellows, 
our  girls  had  some  team  too." 

Grantie — "I  know  they  had." 

Ben— "Well,  I  know  Miss  Withers 
could  play." 

Hennie— "Yes,  but  look  at  Arby. 
She's  a  great  player  and  besides  is 
good   at  tennis." 

Shirt — "And,  then,  don't  forget  Eby. 
She's  from  East  Petersburg,  the  best 
burg  in  Lancaster  County." 

Capt.— "That  was  sure  some  game 
when  the  ladies  known  as  the  'S'  Las- 
sies won  by  the  score  14— 13.  That 
was  certainly  a  great  fete.  I  tell  you 
some  people  died  hard  as  expressed 
by  one  of  them.  They  said  they  didn't 
want  to  win.  There  was  a  reason. 
They  couldn't.  Hennie,  have  you 
played  tennis   lately?" 

Hennie— "No,    I    haven't." 

Shirt — "You  were  one  of  the  best 
players  in  the  school  but  the  place 
where  you  did  yourself  most  credit 
was  on  the  diamond  throwing  those 
great  drops.  You  sure  were  an  asset 
to  the  Senior  Class,  Hen." 

Grantie — "But  you  give  Ben  the 
credit  for  being  a  good  umpire." 

Shirt — "In  fact  we're  all  pretty  good 
fellows  when  it  comes  to  base  ball." 


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No.  10 


Faculty  For  19  17-18. 


'i  he  faculty  list  in  the  recent  cata- 
logue extends  over  two  pages  instead 
of  'Tic  as  heretofore. 

Xext  year's  faculty  contains  seven 
graduates  of  colleges  with  the  A.  B. 
degree  of  whom  five  also  hold  the  A. 
M.  degree.  Several  of  these  are  aim- 
ing to  obtaining  the  doctor's  degree. 
Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer  has  been  given  leave 
of  absence  to  attend  Columbia  Univer- 
sity where  he  expects  to  obtain  the 
Ph.  D.  degree  at  some  future  time. 
He  is  planning  large  things  for  Eliza- 
bethtown  College  in  the  form  of  a 
modern  science  building.  See  the  cut 
of  a  dream  in  this  issue  of  Our  Col- 
lege Times.  Prof.  Leiter  and  he  de- 
serve credit  for  a  number  of  features 
in  this  number. 

Pmf.  Leiter  is  devoting  the  summer 
vacation  to  the  pursuit  of  the  science 
of  Biology  under  Dr.  R.  C.  Schiedt  of 
Franklin  &  Marshall  College.  In  due 
course  of  time  he  will  be  awarded  the 
A.  M.  degree  from  said  institution. 
He  will  continue  next  year  as  Profes- 
sor of  Latin  and  Greek. 

At  this  writing,  it  is  still  a  question 
whether  Prof.  Ober  will  sever  his  con- 
nection with  Elizabethtown  College 
and  accept  the  pastorate  of  the  Way- 
nesboro Church  of  the  Brethren.  Trus- 


tees, faculty  and  student  body  have 
been  unanimous  in  urging  him  to  con- 
tinue his  services  in  the  institution  to 
which  he  has  devoted  fifteen  of  the 
best  years  of  his  life.  He  fills  a  large 
place  in  our  faculty,  which  would  be 
difficult  to  fill  should  he  decide  to 
leave  our  town  and  community.  He' 
was  also  recently  elected  assistant 
pastor  of  the  Elizabethtown  Church  of 
tthe  Brethren  but  his  decision  is  still 
withheld. 

Miss  Floy  S.  Crouthamel  of  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Pa.,  is  the  new  regular 
member  of  the  faculty  next  year.  She 
was  graduated  from  Elizabethtown 
College  in  1910,  taught  several  years 
in  the  public  schools  of  her  native 
count}',  and  received  the  A.  B.  degree 
from  Juniata  College  at  the  recent 
Commencement.  She  will  teach  Ele- 
mentary Rhetoric,  College  Biology, 
and  Public  Speaking  to  Seniors.  Be- 
sides, she  will  teach  other  studies  as 
needs  arise.  Miss  Crouthamel  will 
prove  a  valuable  member  in  our  facul- 
ty and  a  cordial  welcome  by  the  de- 
voted workers  in  Christian  education 
on  College  Hill  is  extended  to  her. 

Prof.  H.  A.  Via.  Principal  of  the 
Commercial  Department  will  return 
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Ohio  to  continue  his  studies  in  Pen- 
manship and  Commercial  Methods 
during  the  summer  term.  He  will  be 
accordingly  better  equipped  to  con- 
duct his  classes  in  Commercial  branch- 
es next  year.  Twelve  students  in 
Penmanship  were  awarded  certificates 
by   Zaner   during  the   past   year. 

Mrs.  Via  is  teaching  voice  culture 
during  the  summer  session  at  the  Col- 
lege and  will  pursue  voice  culture  in 
Philadelphia  under  a  leading  vocalist 
during  the   summer  vacation. 

Professors  Harley  and  Nye  are  as- 
sisting in  the  work  of  the  summer 
school  and  besides  are  doing  their  bit 
in  promoting  agriculture  in  the  vici- 
nity of  Elizabethtown  College.  Both 
will  continue  in  our  faculty  next  year. 
Prof.  Harley  will  teach  German,  Col- 
lege English,  and  several  classes  in 
Mathematics.  Prof.  Nye  will  offer  a 
course  in  History  for  students  in  the 
Classical  course,  besides  conducting 
classes  in  Sociology.  History  and  Al- 
gebra. 

Misses  Myer  and  Stauffer  spent  a 
week  about  the  College  after  Commen- 
cement and  are  now  enjoying  their 
vacation  with  the  home  f  ilks,  writing 
nier  students  and  promoting  the 
interests  of  the  College  whenever  and 
wherever  opportunity  affords.  They 
will  continue  next  year  to  look  after 
the  lady  students  at  the  College  and 
teach   in  their  respective  lines. 

Prof.  Schlosser  is  devoting  the  vaca- 
tion as  usual  to  evangelistic  services. 
-  to  Lake  Ridge.  X.  Y..  York. 
Pa..  Fredericksburg.  Lebanon  Co., 
and  Ephrata  t  >  conduct  meetings  of 
this  kind.  Assisted  by  Miss  Stauffer 
he  will  conduct  various  classes  in 
Bible   studv   next     vear.     Also     teach 


French  and  English.  Besides  he  has 
been  assigned  to  teach  Arithmetic  and 
Ethics. 

Miss  Brenisholtz  will  improve  the 
summer  by  continuing  her  studies  in 
Piano  at  Peabody  Conservatory,  Bal- 
timore.   Md. 

Miss  Gertrude  Miller  will  continue 
to  have  charge  of  Stenograph}'  and 
Physical  Culture  for  the  ladies.  She 
will  be  assisted  in  Stenography,  by 
Miss  Mildred  Bonebrake,  a  member  of 
tthe  Class  of  1917  at  Elizabethtown 
College.  Miss  Bonebrake  besides  will 
serve  as  stenographer  to  the  President 
of  the  College. 

Miss  Ruth  Kilhefner  will  devote  her 
entire  time  promoting  the  interests 
of  the  Art  Department.  She  will  teach 
Drawing  and  Painting  including  China 
Painting.  Her  ability  as  an  artist  may 
be  seen  in  the  drawing  she  made  for 
the  cut  of  the  future  buildings  of 
Elizabethtown  College  in  this  issue. 

Mr.  Baugher  will  continue  to  teach 
Geography  next  year  and  have  charge 
of  Physical  Culture  classes  for  the 
gentlemen. 

Miss  Laura  B.  Hess  is  teaching  a 
class  in  Sewing  at  present  and  will 
teach  this  subject  again  the  coming 
session. 

Mr.  Ezra  \\ "anger  will  teach  a  class 
in  Algebra  besides  continuing  as  hall 
teacher  in  charge  of  Memorial  Hall. 

Miss  Helen  G.  Oellig.  another  mem- 
ber of  the  Class  of  1917  will  also  be 
student-teacher,  teaching  Orthography 
and  Arithmetic.  She  will  also  be  As- 
sistant Librarian  next  year. 

Miss  Ruth  S.  Bucher.  who  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Piano  Course  of  Eliza- 
bethtown College  in  1916  will  teach 
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the  Chorus  Class  on  the  Piano. 

With  the  above-named  corps  of 
workers,  capable  and  experienced, 
Elizabethtown  College  looks  forward 
to  a  prosperous  school  year.  She  in- 
vites   young    men    and    women    to   be- 


come students  of  this  strong  and  effi- 
cient faculty  who  will  bend  their  ut- 
most energies  to  the  highest  welfare 
of  every  student  who  matriculates  for 
a  course  of  study  within  her  walls. 


A  Dream. 


In  ten  years  from  now  this  dream 
wil]  have  come  true  if  our  school  keeps 
on  growing  in  favor  and  usefulness  as 
in  the  past.  The  work  of  Elizabeth- 
town  College  has  been  prospered  and 
richly  blessed,  so  much  so  that  her  en- 
rollment and  her  influence  for  good 
have  been  very  gratifying  to  promot- 
ers and  patrons  alike.  Throughout 
the  seventeen  years  past  her  patron- 
age was  practically  always  beyond 
her  equipment.  The  one  great  prob- 
lem has  constantly  been  to  secure  the 
buildings,  equipment,  and  money  nec- 
essary to  meet  with  adequacy  the  de- 
mand made  upon  the  institution. 

Our  dream  is  an  anticipation  of  a 
coming  reality,  an  idea  of  how  the 
growing  demands  may  be  adequately 
met,  and  a  pre-notion  of  how  her  in- 
fluence and  usefulness  may  be  extend- 
ed. There  is  a  great  need  for  a  sci- 
ence building,  a  gymnasium-auditor- 
ium, a  library  building,  a  central  heat- 
ing plant,  and  a  ladies'  building. 

The  science  building  would  take 
care  of  all  the  science  now  taught,  as 
well  as  of  domestic  science,  household 
economy,  sewing,  kindergarten,  mus- 
eum, etc.  The  gymnasium  would  be 
constructed  to  accommodate  large 
audiences  and  could  be  used  for  all 
the    classes    in    physical    culture, — the 


basement  being  equipped  with  show- 
er bath  and  lockers.  The  library  and 
central  heating  plant  would  meet  a  de- 
mand that  is  apparent  to  all  who  are 
acquainted  with  our  present  plant. 
The  ladies'  building  would  be  needed 
for  the  ladies  within  the  next  ten 
years  at  least. 

According  to  the  dream  Alpha  Hall 
would  be  used  exclusively  for  Col- 
lege students,  with  the  Faculty  Office, 
President's  Private  Office,  and  five 
class  rooms  on  the  first  floor,  and  the 
kitchen  and  enlarged  dining  room  in 
the  basement.  Memorial  Hall  would 
be  used  as  a  dormitory  building  for 
gentlemen  pursuing  elementary  cours- 
es with  the  Chapel  and  commercial 
class  rooms  in  the  same  building.  The 
new  ladies'  dormitory  building  would 
be  used  as  a  dormitory  hall  for  ladies 
taking  courses  below  the  regular  Col- 
lege course,  with  reception  room,  so- 
ciety halls,  and  music  rooms  on  the 
first  floor,  and  the  complete  laundry  in 
the  basement. 

With  these  additional  buildings  and 
an  endowment  sufficiently  large  to 
maintain  this  enlarged  plant  as  well  as 
large  enough  to  meet  the  state  require- 
ments, the  future  of  Elizabethtown 
College  would  become  exceedingly 
promising.     We  already  have  a  strong 


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FUTURE    ELIZABETHTOWN    COLLEGE— (Reading  from  left:    Library,   Science   Hall, 
Gymnasium-Auditorium,   Memorial  Hall,   Al  pha  Hall,  Ladies  Dormitory,  Heating  Plant.) 


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it 


and  growing  faculty  headed  by  Dr.  D. 
C.  Reber  our  worthy  President. 
Among  other  encouraging  features  we 
notice  that  a  large  number  of  friends 
-landing-  by  our  institution.  There 
are  surrounding-  the  College  several 
wealthy  church  districts  one  of  which 
has  already  assumed  the  responsibility 
of  ownership  and  there  are  hopes  cher- 
ished that  the  Southern  district  of 
Pennsylvania  will  join  the  Eastern 
district  in  this  ownership.  The  past 
record  and  the  present  attainments  are 
remarkable  in  many  respects  and  the 
future  is  correspondingly  encouraging, 
are  hopeful  that  this  dream  may 
soon  he  realized.  The  Trustees  of 
the  College  are  taking  steps  to  send 
.->everal    members   of   the    Facultv   into 


the  field  during  the  Summer  and  next 
Fall,  It  may  he  possible  too  that  the 
Heisey's,  the  Buch's,  and  the  Gibbet's 
who  are  holding"  their  reunions  on 
the  College  campus  during  the  Sum- 
mer Vacations  will  be  agreed  to  put 
up  buildings  bearing  their  respective 
names.  This  would  be  a  very  practi- 
cal and  much  appreciated  step.  It 
would  be  well  worth  while  for  any  one 
of  these  large  freundschafts  to  consid- 
er at  their  business  sessions  held  dur- 
ing" the  coming  reunions.  Should 
each  of  those  who  have  held  or  who 
are  going  to  hold  their  reunions  here 
decide  to  put  up  a  building  they 
would  be  putting"  up  a  lasting  monu- 
ment that  would  go  on  doing  good  for 
manv  vears  to  come. 


Motor-Activity  Exemplified 

Martha    G.    Young. 


Alas !  A  poor  French  peasant  family 
were  in  want.  They,  the  Rousseau's, 
hadn't  had  sufficient  food  to  eat  for 
two  whole  weeks  and  nobody  could 
tell  how  many  weeks  these  same  con- 
ditions  would  prevail. 

What  was  the  cause  of  all  this  dis- 
tress?  Indeed  the  direct  cause  of  this 
condition  were  the  sources  of  all  the 
joy  and  happiness  that  ever  blessed 
this  humble  home.  The  father  was 
physically  weakk  and  was  there- 
fore unable  to  work  at  farming  as  oth- 
er men  did.  and  possessed  a  marked 
talent  for  painting  which  he  nobly 
used  as  a  means  to  support  his  family. 

This  particular  trouble  had  been 
occasioned    by   two    dear   bright    little 


boys.  Louis  and  James,  who  were  four- 
year-old   twin  brothers. 

This  is  how  it  happened.  One 
bright  early  autumn  day  their  parents 
were  in  another  part  of  their  cottage 
home  speaking  to  a  man  who  had  just 
promised  the  father  to  buy  a  painting 
which  the  latter  had  recently  'finished 
and  had  now  showed  to  the  purchas- 
er. The  little  'actives"  spied  the  paint 
brushes  which  their  father  had  been 
using,  and  were  soon  gleefully  busy 
"helping  father,"  as  they  thought,  us- 
ing paints  and  brushes  on  the  just 
finished  work,  which  their  father,  ex- 
cited, with  renewed  hope,  had  forgot- 
ten to  cover,  when  he  left  the  room. 

They  did   not  observe  correct  posi- 


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tion  at  the  easel,  which,  they  scramb- 
ling gleefully,  were  scarcely  able  to 
reach,  or  the  proper  grasp  of  the 
brushes,  nor  indeed  did  they  use  the 
palette,  which  they  left  on  the  bare 
ground  floor,  and  which  still  held  the 
brushes  which  they  were  npt  "using." 
Thep  put  forth  especial  effort  to  have 
the  colors  which  they  used  "as  differ- 
ent as  they  could"  from  those  their 
fond  parent  had  used  so  that  he  could 
easily  notice  that  somebody  had  help- 
ed him. 

Thus  these  young  artists  continued 
for  some  time  to  embellish  the  beau- 
tiful scene  with  "delicate"  splashes  of 
the  most  gaudy  colors.  The  paints 
they  used  were  not  mixed  according  to 
principles,  nor  were  they  made  to 
blend  according  to  laws  of  reflected 
lights,  etc.  Oh  how  pleased  they 
were  with  what  they  had  done 
and  were  doing — but! 

A  figure  darkened  the  doorway  and 
Father  Rousseau,  whose  face  was  glow- 
ing with  expectant  smiles,  entered  and 
tenderly  and  perhaps  a  bit  proudly 
admired  the  love  for  the  beautiful  of 
his  young  "hopefuls"  who  just  then 
had  stopped  using  the  brushes,  and, 
"just  as  Father  did"  were  viewing 
their  work — to  them,  a  beautiful  now 
finished    picture — with    perfect      satis- 


faction. 

This  feeling  could  not  long  be  cher- 
ished for  it  was  even  then  interrupt- 
ed by  a  cry  from  the  father,  which  was 
quickly  stifled  by  him,  for  he  .used  his 
knowledge  of  psychology,  however 
limited  it  was  and  indeed  would  not 
wound  the  pure  and  innocent  feelings 
of  his  little  boys,  if  he  was  in  any  way 
able    to   prevent      it.  He    therefore 

calmly  retraced  his  steps  out  from  the 
room  and  then  gave  vent  to  his  feel- 
ings. He  knew  that  winter  was  com- 
ing, and  now  his  chief  hope  for  the 
sustenance  of  his  family  was  destroy- 
ed. 

The  shock  to  Mr.  Rousseau  was  so 
great  that  he  was  confined  to  his  bed 
for  several  weeks  and  thus  the  pro- 
gress of  his  work  was  further  hinder- 
ed. The  curious  little  boys  were 
kindly  told  by  their  mother  the  cause 
of  their  father's  illness  and  they  were 
very  sorry  indeed  for  the  naughty  deed 
they  had  done.  But  their  father, 
without  being  requested  to  do  so, 
quickly  forgave  them,  for  that  the 
blame  was  his,  because  he  had  not  cov- 
ered the  treasure  when  he  left  it.  He 
was  much  distressed  with  the  thought 
that  on  account  of  a  bit  of  neglect  on 
his  part,  the  whole  family  had  been 
made  to  suffer. 


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A.    C.    Baugher    Exchanges 

John    Graham     Athletics 

David  H.  Markey   Business  Manager 

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L'   Envoi. 

Another  school  year  has  gone  into 
the  irrevocable  past.  Nine  months 
with  their  sorrows  and  joys,  little  and 
big,  their  opportunities  and  their 
blessings  are  gone  forever. 

We  believe  without  a  single  excep- 
tion that  every  one  who  was  on  Col- 
lege Hill  during  the  year  would  say. 
if  asked,  that  he  was  glad  to  be  here. 
The  work  of  the  school  along  every 
line  was  ud  to  the  standard.  Eliza- 
bethtown College  breathes  a  spirit  of 
work.     Come  when     you  will     every- 


body is  unusually  busy.  The  regular 
class  work  was  done  in  the  usual 
thorough  manner.  The  work  of  both 
literary  societies  was  excellent 
throughout  the  year.  There  are  still 
a  few  students  who  fail  to  realize  the 
splendid  .training  these  societies  af- 
ford. Very  few  of  our  students  will 
go  through  life  without  ever  being  ask- 
ed to  preside  over  meetitngs  of  vari- 
ous kinds  and  those  who  have  gone 
out  into  life  have  testified  to  the  effi- 
cient training  received  in  these  socie- 
ties. 


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The  athletics  of  the  year  have  prov- 
ed an  outlet  for  surplus  energy  and  th  ? 
recreation  that  students  need.  One 
of  the  most  valuable  assets  of  our 
school  is  the  spiritual  atmosphere  pre- 
vading  its  halls.  The  Volunteer  Rand 
has  been  active  this  year  which  we 
feel  adds  much  to  the  spirituality  of 
our  school.  All  the  means  of  spirit- 
ual growth  were  appreciated  by  the 
student  body  and  most  of  them  were 
active  in  some  phase  of  Sunday  School 
or  church  work. 

We  are  all  scattered  now  and  while 
the  buildings  are  standing  quietly  on 
College  Hill,  the  College  itself  is  mis- 
sing. Some  of  us  expect  to  be  back 
next  year.  Let  each  one  of  us  re- 
solve to  bring  at  least  one  new  student 
along.  Those  of  you  wh  >  will  not  be 
back,  will  you  not  send  at  least  one  in 
your  place?  A  number  expect  to 
teach  and  some  expect  to  enter  vari- 
ous lines  of  work.  With  these  go  our 
best  wishes  for  success  and  to  one  and 
all  we  wish  a  most  pleasant  vacation. 

The  Bible  Program 
The  Bible  program  was  rendered  in 
the  College  Chapel  on  Saturday  even- 
ing. June  2,  by  the  different  students 
who  were  at  that  time  taking  Bible 
work.  Prof.  Schlosser  had  charge  of 
the  program.  The  first  number  was 
music  rendered  by  a  female  octette  who 
sang,  "Nearer,  My  God  to  Thee."  The 
devotional  exercises  (were  conducted 
by  Eld.  Charles  Madeira,  after  which 
the  following  program  was  given.  First 
an  essav  by  Miss  Alice  S.  Reber,  en- 


titled "The  Master  Teacher."  Miss 
Reber  is  the  only  graduate  in  the 
Bible  Department  this  year.  Miss 
Martha  Young  then  gave  an  interest- 
ing sketch  of  Passion  Week,  illustrat- 
ing her  work  by  means  of  a  black- 
board drawing.  The  next  part  prov- 
ed to  be  extremely  helpful  t>  Biole 
students,  being  an  exhibition  and  dis- 
cussion of  relics  from  the  Holy  Land, 
by  Messrs  A.  C.  Baugher  and  iG.  E. 
Weaver.  These  relics  included  only 
those  mentioned  in  the  Bible;  the 
Bible  references  being  given  with  the 
discussions.  A  sketch  of  Paul's  Sec- 
ond Missionary  Journey  was  then  giv- 
en by  Mr.  Ezra  Wenger.  This  was 
also  illustrated  through  a  blackboard 
drawing.  An  oration.  "The  Largest 
Regiment,"  was  given  by  Mr.  David 
Markey.  Following  it  was  a  recita- 
tion, "The  Boy  With  the  Lunch.'  giv- 
en by  Miss  E.  Grace  Burkhart.  Prof. 
Schlosser  then  presented  diplomas  to 
the  Teacher  Training  Class  graduates 
of  this  year:  Miss  Stauffer  to  the  Mis- 
sion Study  Class  graduates.  A  selec- 
tion of  music,  "I  Need  Thee  Every 
Hour,"  rendered  by  a  male  quartette, 
was  the  closing  feature  of  the  pro- 
gram. We  feel  sure  everyone  felt 
well  repaid  for  having  attended.  Many 
of  the  students  and  visitors  lingered 
after  the  program  in  order  to  examine 
the  relics,  maps  and  charts  drawn  by 
the  Bible  Geography  and  Old  Testa- 
ment History  classes  of  this  year. 
Note  book  work,  done  by  the  Life  of 
Christ  class,  was  also  on   exhibition. 

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Another  years  work  clone.  Another 
class  graduated  from  College.  An- 
other set  of  students  gone  out  to  face 
the  world.  So  goes  the  cycle.  The 
time  spent  on  College  Hill  passes  so 
rapidly.  The  pleasant  associations 
must  so  soon  be  severed.  But  as  we 
go  we  can  ever  hold  sacred  our  Alma 
Mater  and  strive  for  her  welfare  as 
our  own. 

Success  to  our  new  business  mana- 
gers. 

Miss  Violetta  Grofr  expects  to  en- 
ter the  Lancaster  General  Hospital 
about  Aug.  1. 

Miss    Naomi    Smith    of   Pine   Grove, 


visited   -Miss  Salinda   Dohner  recently. 

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Special  Physics  and  Chemistry  Classes 
The   special   classes    in    Physics   and 

Chemistry  taught  by  Professor  Meyer 
attracted  quite  a  few  old  students  as 
well  as,  a  number  6f  the  regular  stu- 
dents. Both  the  elementary  and  col- 
lege work  was  taught.  The  classes 
began  June  4  and  continued  for  four 
weeks  until  June  29.  Among  the 
former  students  taking  the  work  we 
noticed  the  following :  — Misses  Long, 
Shisler.  Taylor,  Risser,  Gruber,  Heist- 
and  and  Messrs.  Myer,  Hertzler  and 
Markey.  In  all  there  were  twenty 
students    enrolled      in      these      special 


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cpurses.     They   worked   faithfully   and 
all  completed  the  work. 

The  gift  of  the  Seniors  to  the  Bible 
Department  was  quite  acceptable. 
The  maps  will  be  very  helpful  in  Bible 
Teaching'  and  will  make  the  work 
much    more   interesting. 

Miss  M.  to  Miss  Reber — "Compare 
the  adjective  ill." 

MissR.—  "111.    worse,    dead." 

Next  year  several  of  the  Seniors 
will  return  to  College  Hill  as  student 
teachers.  Several  will  return  for  col- 
work.  Some  will  enter  business. 
Others  will  be  found  in  the  school 
room.  But  wherever  they  go,  to  one 
and  all,  we  wish  the  best  success. 

Miss  Letha  Rover  will  return  to  Col- 
lege Hill  next  vear  as  a  student. 


Quite  a  few  students  are  expected  to 
attend  the  Summer  School. 


Senior  Luncheon. 
(  hi  Commencement  day  the  Seniors 
ate  their  last  lunch  together  on  the 
campus.  Several  of  the  Junior  girls 
and  boys  acted  as  waitresses  and 
waiters.  It  was  a  merry  bunch  and 
yet  one  could  not  help  feeling  a  bit 
sad.  for.  all  realized  it  would  be  the 
last  time  together.  Already  we  be- 
gan to  plan  for  our  reunion  in  1927. 
Mr.  Graham  acted  as  toast  master  and 
quite  a  few  responded  to  toasts. 


Misses  Salinda  Dohner.  Naomi 
Smith  and  Eva  Arbegast  visited  Miss 
Mary  Heistand  on  June  3, 


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Miss  S. — "Mr.  Hershey,  you're  fond 
of  spring  chicken,  aren't  you?" 

John — "Yes  indeed,  anything  that 
has  a  wing. 

Miss  M.  to  Miss  Reese— ''Give  a 
sentence  using  the  past  tense  of 
•'sling'," 

Mi^s  Reese  — "He  slung  his  shoulder 
>yer  his  gun." 

Commencement  Visitors  on  College 
Hill. 
Mrs.  Markey.  daughter  and  two 
grand-daughters:  Mrs.  G.  H.  Arbegast. 
Miss  Blanche  and  Mr.  Ralph  Arbegast 
of  Mechanicsburg;  Mrs.  C.  R.  Oellig" 
of  Waynesboro";  Miss  Linnie  Bone- 
brake  of  Waynesbor ;  Miss  Esther  San- 
der of  Highspire  ;  Miss  Katie  Reber  of 
Centerp  >rt;  Misses  Ella  Booz  and  Eva 
Sanders  of  Telford  ;  Mrs.  A.  S.  Baugh- 


er  and  daughter  Mary,  of  Lineboro, 
Md.:  Mrs.  Eckert  of  Robesonia;  Miss 
Grace  Mover  of  l.ansdale  ;  Mrs.  David 
Rilhefner  of  Ephrata;  Mrs.  J.  A.  Long- 
enecker  of  Palmyra. 

One  hundred  per  cent  of  the  Class 
of  [917  joined  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion—in other  words  all. 

.Miss  Elizabeth  Myer  is  showing  her 
patriotism  by  hoeing  cabbage  during 
the  cool   hours  of  the  day. 

Professor  Leiter  with  the  assistance 
of  Mrs.  George  is  keeping  the  flower- 
beds on  the  College  Campus  in  fine 
trim.  The  campus  never  looked  bet- 
ter than  now. 

Professor  Via  left  for  Columbus, 
Ohio,  On  July  7.  He  is  continuing 
his   work   at   the   Zanerian   Art   School 


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Mrs.  Via  is  taking  one  lesson  a 
week  at  Combs  Conservatory  of  Music 
on    Broadstreet,    Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Ezra  Wenger  is  located  at  1014 
Main  St.,  Asbury   Pary,  X.  J. 

Miss  Myer  attended  the  thirteenth 
anniversary  of  her  graduation  at  Mil- 
lersville  State  Normal  School. 

Prof  Leiter  is  pursuing  his  gradu- 
ate work  in  Biology  under  Dr.  R.  C. 
Schiedt  of  Franklin  &  Marshall  Col- 
lege. 

Dr.  Reber,  Professors  Harley  and 
Nye  are  teaching  in  the  Summer 
School  at  the  College. 

Miss  Gertrude  Miller  is  staying  at 
her  home  in  Ephrata  a  few  weeks  after 
which  she  will  return  to  College  Hill 
to  stay  with  Mrs.  Via. 

Miss  Myer  and  Miss  Rreinsholtz  at- 
tended the  ninth  annual  anniversary  of 
the  Scotch  Irish  Presbyterians  held 
on  the  most  interesting  and  historic 
spot  at  the  Donegal  Presbyterian 
Church,  on  June  21. 

Miss  Kilhefner  spent  a  few  days 
on  College  Hill,  the  week  following 
Commencement,  making  a  sketch  for 
the  cut  of  the  Future  of  Elizabethtown 
College   which   appears  in   this   issue. 

Miss  Ruth  Reber  is  spending  her 
summer  vacation  in  the  home  of  a 
wealthy  party  in  (  )cean  City,  New 
Jersey,  410  Atlantic  Avenue. 

Misses  Eva  Arbegast.  Edna  Martin, 
Linnie  Dohner  and  Mr.  Ezra  Wenger 
are  spending  the  summer  at  Asbury 
Park,  N.  J. 

Miss  Mary  Spidle  after  finishing  her 
work  in  Chemistry  and  Physics  left 
for  Wayne,  near  Philadelphia,  where 
she  is  spending  hei   vacation. 


Among  those  attending  summer 
school  we  notice  Messrs.  Hertzler,. 
Royer,  Hackman,  Goodman,  Abele, 
and  Misses  Burkhart,  Byers,  Heistand. 
Kilhefner  and  Risser.  We  do  not  have 
the  names  of  the  rest  at  our  command 
at  this  writing.  Messrs.  Baugher, 
Hertzler  and  Markey  are  staying  on 
College  Hill  all  summer.  Mr.  Baugh- 
er and  Mr.  Markey  in  partnership  with 
Prof.  Harley  are  farming  several  acres 
of  potatoes.  Mr.  Baugher  also  runs 
a  milk  route  for  Mr.  Graybill. 

Among  those  of  our  number  expect- 
ing to  teach  the  coming  school  term 
are:  Misses  Eva  Arbegast,  Phebe 
I.ongenecker.  Alice  Reber,  Grace  Hess 
Inez  Byers,  Maybelle  Harlacher.  Mary 
Bixler.  Clara  Bolster,  Elizabeth  Engle, 
Yerda  Eckert,  Martha  Young,  Sallie 
Miller,  Ada  Young,  Mary  Spidle,  Ruth 
Taylor,  and  Messrs.  John  Hershey, 
Melvin  Shissler,  Grant  Weaver,  Christ- 
ian Bucher,  Clarence  Keefer.  Abel 
Long,  Clarence  Ebersole,  Paul  Sch- 
wenk  and  Elam  Zug. 

The  following  were  out  in  Bible  In- 
stitute work  recently:  Dr.  D.  C.  Reb- 
er and  Prof.  R.  AY  Schlosser  at  the 
Springville  Church  near  Denver:  Prof. 
1.  G.  Meyer  in  the  Lost  Creek  Church 
near  Bunkerstown,  Juniata  count}': 
Dr.  D.  C.  Reber  and  Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer 
in  the  Salunga  Church ;  Professors 
Ober  and  Meyer  in  the  Lancaster  City 
Church. 

Prof,  to  J.  Hershey — "What  made- 
Lititz   famous?" 

J.    Hershey — "The    Pretzels." 

Miss  Sara  Mover  has  returned  to 
College  Hill  to  visit  friends,  and  enjoy 
the  programs  of  the  last  weeks  o: 
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STUDENTS'    ROOM— (Alpha   Hall,   No.   11) 


The  Music  Department  rendered  the 
cantata  "David  the  Shepherd  Boy,'' 
which  was  a  number  of  our  lecture 
course,  in  the  Market  House  Hall, 
May   1  Oth. 

The  representatives  from  the  Col- 
lege to  Annual  Conference  were  Prof. 
H.  K.  Ober  and  Prof.  R.  W.  Schlosser. 

Elder  A.  S.  Baugher  and  his  two 
sons  Raymond  and  Stanley  visited  A. 
C.   Baugher. 

The  Student  Volunteer  Band  rend- 
ered a  program  at  York  in  the  Breth- 
ren Church  and  at  Hanover  on  the 
same  day. 

Professor  Ober  has  been  elected 
Paster  at  Waynesboro  and  assistant 
pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Brethren 
at  Elizabethtown  recently. 


Prof.  J.  G.  Meyer  has  closed  his 
work  in  Columbia  University.  He 
was  in  charge  of  the  special  courses 
given  in  Physics  and  Chemistry  from 
June   2 — 29. 

Mr.  Graybill  G.  Minnich  of  Lititz, 
gave  another  gift  to  the  Physics  and 
Chemistry  Department.  The  gift  was 
a  check  of  fifty  dollars.  To  say  that 
this  donation  was  appreciated  is  need- 
less. 

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Miss  My er—  Gave  us  our  start  in 
Public  Speaking. 

Prof.  Meyer — Helped  us  to  bake 
bread,  record  experiments,  and  told  us 
whom  to  marry. 

Prof.  Leiter — Taught  us  amo,  amas, 
amat. 


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Prof.  Schliosser — Interpreted  Shak- 
espeare and  looked  through  the  stu- 
dents specs. 

Prof.  Nye— Lead  us  thru  the  ages 
of  chivalry  and  renown. 

Prof.    Harley — Corrected    orations. 

Miss  Stauffer — Brought  us  our 
meals  when  we  were  ill  and  grouchy. 

Mrs.  Via — Taught  us  to  sing,  Ni, 
Nah,  Nae,  No.  Nu. 

Prof.  Via — Gave  us  the  pen  of  a 
ready  writer. 

Miss  Brenisholtz— Took  the  stiff- 
ness out  of  our  phalanges. 

Miss  Miller— Taught  us  to  make 
funny    signs   and   gymnastics. 

Miss  Kilhefner— Showed  you  where 
to  draw  a  line  that  meant,  something. 

Mr.  Baugher— Led  you  from  east 
to  west  and  from  north  to  the  south. 

Mr.  Weaver — Taught  the  boys 
which  is  their  right  and  'which  their5 
left  foot. 

Auf  YYiedersehn. 


Baccalaureate   Sermon. 

The  Baccalaureate  sermon  was  giv- 
en on  Sunday  evening.  June  io,  pre- 
ceding the  Commencement.  The  fac- 
ulty decided  to  deviate  a  bit  from  the 
regular  custom  of  having  a  stranger 
preach  it  and  conferred  that  honor  up- 
on Dr.  Reber.  This  is  a  very  fitting 
precedent,  for,  he,  representing  the 
Faculty  of  Elizabethtown  College,  who 
labored  faithfully  with  the  class  natur- 
ally is  the  one  who  should  give  them 
the  fatherly  advice  and  divine  inspira- 
tion that  is  needed  before  they  are  ush- 
ered out   into  the  cold   world. 

His  subject  was  "Leadership."  The 
text  was  the  first  twelve  verses  of  the 
thirty-second  chapter  of  Deuteronomy. 


As  an  example  of  a  leader  Moses  was 
pointed  out.  It  was  especially  noted 
that  before  Moses  was  ready  to  lead 
he  had  to  spend  eighty  years  of  his  life 
in  preparing  for  the  great  position.  It 
was  thus  clearly  shown  to  the  class 
that  before  one  can  lead  one  must  be 
led. 

We  feel  sure  that  if  the  class  will 
follow  the  advice  of  their  wise  coun- 
sellor they  can  not  go  amiss. 

— L.  N.  M. 


Class  Day. 

The  Class  Day  exercises  of  the 
Class  of  1917  were  held  on  Wednesday 
afternoon,   June    the    thirteenth. 

The  following  prdgram  was  render- 
ed :  Song — "America."  by  the  audi- 
ence ;  President's  Address,  A.  C. 
Baugher;  Class  History,  Henry  Her- 
shev,  Anna  Eshleman ;  Class  Poem, 
Ruth  Kilhefner;  Class  Pessimist,  Dav- 
id Markey  ;  Song,  Mixed  Quartette  ; 
Class  Optimist,  Lydia  Withers  ;  Class 
Prophecy,  Yerda  Eckert,  Grant  E. 
Weaver;  Class  Presentation,  Ada. 
Young;  Class  Song. 

The  Class  of  191 7  continued  the  cus- 
tom set  by  former  classes  by  making  a 
bequest  to  the  school.  They  gave 
several  very  useful  donations  which 
will  be  highly  appreciated  by  the 
school. 

One  hundred  dollars  was  given  to- 
ward the  "New  Building  Fund."  This 
makes  a  total  of  three  hundred  dollar? 
towards  the  new  Science  building. 

A  valuable  collection  of  Bible  maps 
and  charts  were  presented  to  the  Bible 
Department  of  the  School. 

The  last  eight  years  of  the  "Literary 


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Digest"   bound   in   eight  volumes  was 
presented  to  the  Library. 

The  last  donation  was  a  hedge  fence 
which  the  Seniors  hope  to  start  around 
the  driveway  and  which,  they  hope 
will  be  continued  by  succeeding  class- 
es. 


Commencement. 

The  Commencement  exercises  of  the 
Class  of  1917  were  held  in  the  College 
Chapel,  on  June  14.  This,  the  last 
program  rendered  by  the  class  as  Sen- 
iors, was  very  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive. Its  orations  figured  very  highly 
in  the  estimation  of  all.  The  College 
halls  were  astir  early  in  the  morning 
with  excited  and  joyful  students  wel- 
coming parents  and  friends. 

The  Class  of  1917  consisted  of  thir- 
ty-one members.  There  were  three 
graduates  from  the  Classical  Course, 
three  from  the  Pedagogical  Course, 
nine  from  the  English  Scientific,  five 
from  the  College  Preparatory,  one 
from  the  Bible  course,  two  from  the 
Stenographic,  one  from  the  Advanced 
Commercial  and  the  Banking  Courses, 
and  seven  finished  the  course  in  sew- 
ing. 

The  usual  scheme  of  the  program 
was  departed  from,  in  that  only  three 
orations  were  delivered,  which  are  in 
substance  published  in  the  June  num- 
ber of  "( )ur  College  Times."  Instead 
of  the  number  of  orations  usually  giv- 
en, we  had  the  pleasure  of  listening 
to  an  address  by  Rev.  Dr.  A.  B.  Van 
Ormer.  His  theme  was,  "Products 
or  Factors." — a  study  in  the  obligation 
of  culture.  The  two  leading  thoughts  of 
his  splendid  address  were,  "It  is  a  re- 
sponsible   thing   to   be   grown    up.    for 


then  we  become  a  part  of  the  causa- 
tion of  things,"  and  "Educated  people 
are  responsible  for  the  conditions  of 
things."  Among  the  many  impres- 
sive thoughts  expressed  were  the  fol- 
lowing:— "We  are  all  privileged  to  do 
according  to  our  own  reasoning  and 
convictions,  indeed  it  is  our  duty." 
"We  should  reinforce  right  things 
and  antagonize  the  wrong,  find  what 
is  yet  needed  and  give  our  lives  for  it. 
But  we,  as  sheep,  are  inclined  to  fol- 
low a  leader."  "God  asks  more  of 
us  than  being  products.  Factors  are 
needed  in  every  phase  of  occupation 
and  being,  who  consider  life  and  right 
more  than  material  gain."  "The  obli- 
gation of  culture  is  that  of  service.  Ed- 
ucated men  are  depended  upon  by  us 
to  lead  us,  nevertheless  a  mere  college 
degree  does  not  insure  ability  to  lead." 
"Factors  are  needed  to  see  the  needs 
of  fellow  beings ;  to  bring  in  things 
that  ought  to  be  and  abolish  things 
that  ought  not  to  be,  to  stand  even  if 
they  must  stand  alone,  for  right,  for 
righteousness  and  for  the  Word  of  God 
Factors  are  needed  who  live  above  the 
"fog"  of  life  in  private,  in  public,  and 
in  thought  life,  to  bring  in  the  reign 
and  rule,  even  the  kingdom  of  the 
Prince  of  Peace." 

The  nrogram  of  the  Commencement 
Exercises  proper  was  as  follows: 
Invocation — Rev.    Dr.   A.    B.   Van   Or- 
mer. Altoona.   Pa. 
Music— "Unfold   Ye   Portals,"   Chorus. 
Oration  — "The  Realm   of  Man's   Pow- 
er."  Abba   C.    Baugher,   Lineboro, 
Md. 
Oration — "The    Mission    of    America," 
Eva  Y.  Arbegast.  Mechanicsburg. 
Pa. 
Oration — "The    Touch    of   the    Master 


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Hand."  Helen  G.  Oellig.  Mechan- 

icsburg,  a. 
Music — "Come       Where       the      Lilies 

Bloom,"    Ladies    Glee    Club. 

ress  —  "Products  of  Factors,"  Rev. 

Dr.  A.  B.  Van  Ormer,  Altoona.  Pa 
Music — '"Holy   Art  Thou,"  Chorus. 

nation   of   Diplomas.    Dr.    D.    C. 

Reber. 


Keystone   Society  Notes. 

Let  us  beware  of  losing  our  enthu- 
siasm. Let  us  glory  in  something. 
and  strive  to  retain  our  admiration  for 
all  that  would  ennoble,  and  our  inter- 
est in  all  that  would  enrich  and  beau- 
tify   our    life.  —  Phillips    Brooks. 

A  public  Session  of  the  K.  L.  S. 
was  held  in  Society  Hall.  Friday  even- 
ing June  i.  1917.  The  officers  were 
elected  as  follows  :  President.  Mr.  John 
Sherman :  Vice  President.  Chester 
Royer;  Secretary.  Margaret  E.  Oellig; 
Critic.  Mr.  A.  C.  Baugher. 

Mr.  Sherman's  Inaugural  Address  on 
'"The  Value  of  Self  Reliance"  was  a 
well  chosen  subject  and  well  delivered. 
It  was  especially  appropriate  for  the 
time  of  the  school  year,  when  school 
was  about  to  close,  and  the  students 
were  about  to  go  out  to  make  their 
own  way  to  a  greater  or  less  extent. 

Probably  the  Keystone  Literary  So- 
ciety rendered  no  better  program 
throughout  the  year,  than  that  given 
Friday  evening.  June  eighth.  It  may 
have  been  the  thought  that  the  last 
program  of  the  year  was  being  render- 
ed, which  caused  each  person  to  take 
his  part  in  such  a  creditable  manner: 
at  any  rate  we  consider  this  program 
well  up  to  the  standard  of  our  Literary 
Societv. 


This  program  was  as-  follows: 
Piano  Solo.  "Melody  of  Love,"  Ger- 
trude Risser :  Recitation,  "An  Invest- 
ment in  Knowledge  Always  pays  the 
best  Interest."  Yerda  E.  .Eckert ;  Es- 
say. "America's  Unselfishness."  J. 
Harold  Engle  ;  Vocal  Solo — "Dream- 
ing of  Love  and  You."  Mrs.  Via; 
Debate.  "Resolved.  That  Students 
who  attain  an  average  of  85  per  cent 
in  their  class  work  should  be  exempt 
from  final  examinations :"  Affirmative 
speakers.  Grace  Hess  and  Henry 
Wenger;  Negative  speakers,  Iva  Long 
and  John  Koons;  the  judges.  Miss 
Stauffer.  Prof.  Leiter.  and  Mr.  Mark- 
ey.  decided  in  fevor  of  the  Negative 
side.  The  House  after  a  rousing  gen- 
eral debate  decided  that  the  Affirma- 
tive side  offered  the  better  ground  for 
argument ;  Literary  Echo,  Anna  Ruth 
Eshelman ;  Piano  Duo,  "Turkischer 
Marsch."  Anna  Ruth  Eshelman  and 
Kathryn   Leiter. 

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A  Difference  of  Opinion. 

Ruth  E.  Reber. 
Marion    (bursting     into  her  chum's 
room)— Oh  Doris  did  you  see  Gwen- 
dolyn   P.eaney   this   afternoon? 

Doris — Why  no.  I  don't  belive  I  did. 
Did  you  lose  her? 

Marion — Lose  her?  Mercy  no,  I 
don't  want  her:  she's  a  perfect  mess. 
She's  got  some  new-fangled  idea  on 
and  I  hear  it's  from  Paris;  I  didn't 
ask  her  when  it  came  over  or  what 
part  of  Paris  it  came  from,  though. 
It  looks  as  though  it  came  from  the 
Solomon  Islands. 

Doris — Well  explain  yourself  and 
(laughingly)  by  the  way  won't  you 
have  a  chair. 

Marion— To  start  at  the  beginning, 


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1  suppose  she  thinks  it  looks  stylish 
but  she  looks  ancient.  Low  heels  and 
a  dress  of  decent  length  and  of  course 
they  aren't  "It"  anymore.  And,— oh 
well, — just  all  of  her  is  old-fashioned 
or  else  childish.  Thank  goodness,  I 
know  how  to  dress  (surveying  herself 
in  the  mirror).  Now  she  always  looks 
fat  because  she  wears  things  that  don't 
suit  her  while  I  wear  suitable  things 
and  always  look  slim. 

Doris— Yes.  you  do,  very  — Well, 
]'m  eager  to  see  the  "horror"  as  you 
call  it. 

Marion — Well,  if  you  don't  think  the 
same  as  I  do  about  it,  you  have  the 
taste  of  a  cow. 

Doris — "Cam"  thyself  little  one 
Thou  art  much  wrought  up  over  "nud- 
dings." 

Marion — (After  dinner  that  evening 


to  "the  Bunch"  assembled  in  her 
room).  Doris  will  you  believe  me 
now,  since  you  have  seen  for  yourself? 

Doris — Well,  I  fail  to  see  anything 
so  awful  about  her.  She  looks  like  a 
school  girl,  and  that's  the  way  the 
Dowager  said  boarding  school  girls 
ought  to  look, 

Marion — (jumping  up)  Doris  Mat- 
thews do  you  mean  to  say  that  you 
like  those  "togs"  of  hers. 

Doris — "Yep,"  I  think  I  do. 

Marion — Well,  all  I've  got  to  say  is 
that  to  look  at  you  one  would  be  led 
to  think  you  had  some  taste,  but 
tilings  evidently  aren't  what  thev  seem 
Ugh! 

Doris — (sweetly)  Merely  difference 
of  opinion,  my  dear,  merely  difference 
of  opinion. 


Alumni  Notes. 


General. 

The  following  alumni  received  the 
.A.  F>.  degree  from  other  Colleges  this 
spring:  Miss  Floy  Crouthamel,  To,  A. 
L.  Reber,  '13,  E.  G.  Diehm,  '13,  and 
C.  J.  Rose.  '13.  from  Juniata;  Jacob 
H.  Gingrich,  '15  and  Mary  Sehaeffer, 
'13,  from  Manchester  and  W.  Scott 
Smith.  '16,  from  Franklin  and  Mar- 
shall College.  All  of  these  have  com- 
pleted  the  Classical  Course. 

Miss  Floy  Crouthamel  will  be  a  mem 
ber  of  our  Faculty  next  year.  The  an- 
nouncement of  this  fact  appears  under 
the  head  of  Our  College  Faculty  in 
another  part  of  this  issue. 

A.  L.  Reber  has  accepted  a  position 
as  Bookkeeper  to  Hoffer  Bros.,  of 
Elizabethtown. 


E.  G.  Diehm  has  accepted  a  wife. 

C.  J.  Rose  will  be  a  student  in  Beth- 
any  Bible  School  next  year. 

W.  Scott  Smith  has  enlisted  in  the 
Agricultural  Division  of  the  U.  S.  Mili- 
tary Service.  He  has  been  assigned 
work  on  a  Truck  Farm  near  Philadel- 
phia. 

T.  Z.  Herr,  '05,  has  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Klein  Chocolate  Factory  of 
Elizabethtown. 

Paul  K.  Hess.  '15.  has  enlisted  in 
the  Medical  Cor]).  He  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga..  He 
would  be  glad  to  hear  from  you. 

I.  D.  Reber,  '15,  is  now  the  head 
bookkeeper  for  Stiffel-Freeman  &  Co., 
in   Lititz. 


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Air.  George  Xeff,  '16,  has  enlisted  in 
the  Medical  Department  at  Columbus. 
.  and  has  since  been  transferred 
to  the   Mexican   border. 

Mary  A.  SchaefTer,  '13,  will  go  as 
a  Missionary  to  China  this  year. 

Mary  G.  Hershey.  '15.  will  be  at 
Bethany  Bible  School  as  a  student 
next    year. 

Marriage. 

On  Friday  evening,  June  15.  Mr.  E. 
G.  Diehm  and  Miss  Maude  Hertzler 
were  united  in  marriage  by  Dr.  D.  C. 
Reber.  The  ceremony  was  perform- 
ed at  the  bride's  home  in  the  presence 
of  a  few  friends  and  relatives.  They 
will  establish  their  home  in  Royers- 
ford.  Mr.  Diehm  will  be  the  pastor1 
of  the  church  at  that  place  thig  year. 
AYe  extend  our  best  wishes  to  the  hap- 
py couple. 

Alumni    Luncheon. 

Music  Hall  was  used  this  year  for 
serving  the  luncheon.  Small  tables 
were  arranged  in  the  room  around 
which  four  persons  were  seated.  Tha 
decorations  were  neat  and  well  arrang- 
ed. The  executive  committee  changj- 
ed  the  room  into  a  pleasant  Luncheon 
Hall.  The  committee  deserves  hearty 
th,y.iks  from  each  Alumnus  for  the 
splendid  way  in  which  it  served 
the  association.  All  enjoyed  the 
luncheon. 

W.  E.  Glasmire.  '10.  acted  as  Toast- 
master  of  the  occasion.  The  respon- 
-  -  ere  of  an  excellent  character, 
showing  the  high  sense  of  loyalty  and 
devotion  which  the  graduates  of  Eliza- 
bethtown  College  hold  for  their  Alma 
Mater. 

Following  the  dismissal  of  the  meet- 
in-  many  said  that  this  vear's  lunch- 


eon ranked  with  the  best  we  have  yet 
enjoyed  on  College  Hill.  The  feeling 
of  fellowship  and  good-will  was  excel- 
lent. Everybody  was  glad  they  were 
present.  Are  you  not  sorry  that  you 
were  not  with  us?  Begin  to  plan  now 
to  come  next  year. 

Business  Session. 

A  large  amount  of  business  was 
transacted  without  any  loss  of  time. 
W.  E.  Glasmire  proved  to  be  just  effi- 
cient in  this  capacity  as  in  the  capa- 
city of  Toastmaster.  Mr.  Glasmire 
had  a  thorough  acquaintance  with  the 
work  to  be  done.  As  evidence  to  this 
the  items  of  business  were  handled  in 
a  business-like  way  in  strict  accord 
with   parliamentary  practice. 

(a)  Unfinished   Business. 

It  was  the  opinion  of  the  Associa- 
tion met  that  due  notice  of  the  pro- 
posed amendment  to  Art.  V.  was  giv- 
en to  all  members  through  the  report 
made  in  Our  College  Times.  Accord- 
ingly the  motion  to  amend  Art.  V., 
Sec.  IV.  was  passed.  The  amendment 
as  passed  reads — "and  shall  sign  all 
legal  orders  on  the  Treasurer." 

A  brief  report  from  Prof.  Schlosser 
in  regard  to  the  pledges  made  by  the 
Class  of   191 1   was  accepted. 

(b)  New  Business. 

After  a  discussion  on  the  advisa- 
bility of  printing  new  constitutions 
embodying  all  changes,  it  was  decided 
that  we  continue  to  use  the  old  ones 
and  that  the  members  make  the 
change  in  their  respective  Constitu- 
tions. It  was  also  suggested  in  order 
to  carry  out  this  decision  that  all 
changes  be  published  in  Our  College 
Times.  In  accordance  with  this  sug- 
gestion we  publish  above  the  amend- 


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ment  to  Art.  V,  Sec.  IV. 

The  Alumni  Association  decided  to 
purchase  two  one  hundred  dollar  Lib- 
erty Loan  Bonds  with  part  of  the  En- 
dowment Fund  which  is  lying  idle. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Grosh  for  the  liberal 
donation  which  she  made  to  the  En- 
dowment Fund.  Miss  Grosh  has  prov- 
ed herself  to  be  one  of  the  loyal 
friends  of  our  College,  We  highly  ap- 
preciate the  devoted  interest  which 
she  has  manifested  in  our  Alma  Mater. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  As- 
sociation our  Cover  Fees  for  the  Lun- 
cheon will  be  .75  per  plate  next  year. 
This  is  welcome  news  for  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  and  Treasurer,  for 
they  have  long  realized  the  difficulty 
in  making  ends  meet  and  yet  provide 
a  luncheon  which  will  prove  accept- 
able. 

Every  member  of  the  Class  of  1917 
became  a  member  of  the  Alumni  As- 
sociation at  our  business  meeting. 
This  is  a  splendid  record  rivalled  by 
one  class  only.  Several  members  of 
the  class  after  having  enjoyed  the  fel- 
lowship of  our  luncheon  remarked  "I 
see  Elizabethtown  College  in  a  way 
I  never  saw  her  before.  I  now  un- 
derstand why  the  Alumni  are  so  loy- 
al to  their  Alma  Mater."  More  of  us 
have  felt  the  same,  have  we  not?  These 
member  will  come  to  a  fuller  realiza- 
tion of  these  facts  as  they  meet  with 
the  Association  from  year  to  year. 

The  following  officers  were  elected 
to  serve  next  vear :  Pres. — Amos  G. 
Hottenstein,  '08:  1st  V.  Pres.— T.  Z. 
Herr,  05  ;  2nd  V.  Pres. — I.  Z.  Hack- 
man.  '07;  3rd  V.  Pres. — Owen  G.  Her- 
shey.  '15;  Rec.  Secy.  — Ada  M.  Brandt, 
'16;  Corres.  Secy. — Helen  G.  Oellig, 
'17:  Treasurer — Paul  K.  Hess,  '15; 
Member  Endowment  Committee  for 
1917-1920 — John  M.  Miller,  '05;  Exe- 
cutive Committee — John  G.  Hershey, 
'16;  Floy  Crouthamel,  '10;  E.  M. 
Hertzler,   '16. 

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George  H.  Light,  '05,  '07. 

George  H.  Light,  son  of  Adam 
Light, who  was     born   near     Annville, 


Lebanon  County,  Pa.,  lived  a  very 
strenuous  and  useful  life.  A  large 
part  of  his  early  life  was  lived  near 
Mt.  Zion  of  the  same  county  and  state. 
After  leaving  Mt.  Zion  High  School  he 
taught  a  few  years  in  Lebanon  County. 
Later  he  came  to  Flizabctht  wn  Col- 
lege as  one  of  her  first  students.  Me 
finished  -the  Regular  Commercial 
Course  in  1905  together  with  some  of 
the  studies  in  the  Pedagogical  Course. 
The  following  year  he  taught  the  Fair- 
view  School  near  Ronks,  Pa.  In  1907 
he  finished  the  Pedagogical  Course 
and  following  his  graduation  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  faculty  of  Eliza- 
bethown  College.  Later  while  living 
at  Hatfield  he  continued  his  schooling 
at  Ursinus  College  as  a  special  stu- 
dent. 

Mr.  Light  was  married  t<  >  Miss 
Martha  Cassel,  Aug.  1,  1908  and  since 
then  lived  a  very  happy  married  life  at 
Hatfield,  Pa.  until  it  was  saddened  by 
the  death  of  Anna  Mildred  and  his  own 
sickness.  He  taught  in  the  Hatfield 
High  School  for  six  years,  being  Prin- 
cipal three  years,  and  during  the  last 
three  years  he  taught  in  the  Sellers- 
ville  High  School. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  united  with 
the  Church  of  which  he  became  a  loyal 
member  and  a  very  faithful  standard 
bearer.  On  May  11,  1912,  he  was 
elected  to  the  Gospel  ministry,  and 
soon  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of 
the  ministry  and  more  responsible 
Church  work  in  general.  He  improv- 
ed his  talents  and  became  an  efficient 
worker  in  the  Church  and  the  school. 
He  preached  twice  and  at  times  three 
times  every  Sunday.  Superintended  a 
Sunday  Scho  )1,  taught  a  Sunday 
School  class,  conducted  teacher  train- 
ing classes  and  singing  schools,  fre- 
quently performed  the  rite  of  baptism, 
preached  sermons  on  funeral  occasi  >ns, 
held  Evangelistic  Meetings,  assisted  at 
Lovefeasts,  etc.  All  this  work  which 
he  loved  so  much  he  attended  to  in  ad- 
dition to  his  strenuous  work  as  teacher 
and  principal  of  public  schools. 

His  short  and  active  life  ended  after 
an  illness  of  five  months  when  he  died, 


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OUR  COLLEGE  TIMES 


of  Carcinoma  of  the  lymphatic  glands, 
mi  July  6,  1917.  The  funeral  was  held 
on  Tuesday  afternoon,  July  10,  ser- 
vices in  the  Hatfield  Church  and  in- 
erment  in  cemetery  adjoining  the 
church.  The  church  was  crowded  and 
a  number  were  standing  under  hoisted 
umbrellas  outside  of  the  doorway  and 
open  windows  in  the  heavy  rain  all 
through  the  storm.  All  this  testifies 
to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Light  was  much 
attached  to  the  people  whom  he  serv- 
ed. 

He  is  survived  by  his  faithful  wife 
and  two  children,  Grace  and  Dorothy. 
Mr.  Light  was  sorry  to  leave  his  fami- 
ly but  he  felt  that  the  work  that  God 
had  planned  for  him  to  do  was  done 
and  after  speaking  beautiful  words  of 
comfort  to  those  s>  dear  to  him  and 
in  behalf  of  the  work  he  loved,  he 
peacefully  passed  to  his  reward  and 
closed   the   last   chapter  of  his   life  on 

earth. o 

As  We  Go  To  Press. 

With  sorrow  we  learn  of  the  death 
of  Helen  G.  Hershey,  the  eleven-year 
old  daughter  of  our  faithful  Trustee, 
I.  W.  G.  Hershey,  Lititz.  She  was  the 
sister  of  our  Fellow-Alumni  Miss 
Mary  and  Messrs.  Owen,  John  and 
Henry  Hershey.  We  extend  our  sin- 
cere sympathy  to  the  sorrowing  family. 
We  point  them  for  comfort  to  our 
Heavenly  Father  who  alone  knowreth 
and  doeth  all  things  well. 
Reunion     of     Alumni     and     Students 

Resident   in   Cumberland   Valley. 

Saturday,  Aug.  4.  TQ17  has  been  de- 
cided upon  as  the  date  on  which  we 
v  ill  hold  the  first  sectional  reunion  of 
the  Alumni,  Students  and  Friends  of 
Elizabethtown  College,  who  reside  in 
Ihe  Cumberland  Valley. 

We  expect  to  be  able  to  secure 
the  Price  Meeting  House  grounds  in 
the  Antietam  Congregation  but  have 
not  yet  learned  whether  it  is  available 
on  said  date.  It  is  mainly  for  the 
Cumberland  Valley  Section  but  all 
Alumni,  Students  and  friends  are 
heartily  invited  to  be  present.  This 
is  but  a  beginning  in  the  sectional  re- 
union idea  which  we  hope  will  culmin- 


ate in  others  like  it  and  eventually  in  a 
centralized  annual  reunion  upon  the 
College  Campus  just  before  school 
opens.  A  program  becoming  Christ- 
ian Service  and  Christian  Education 
is  now  in   the  state  of  preparation. 

Listen  and  watch  for  further  an- 
nouncement of  definite  time  and  place! 

o 

Exchange  Notes 

Another  school  year  has  passed  and 
many  editorial  boards  have  finished 
their  work.  We  are  positive  that  all 
will  agree,  that  a  year  of  experience 
in  the  capacity  of  an  editor  of  some 
department  of  a  school  paper  means 
much. 

We  are  now  ready  to  leave  our  office 
and  make  room  for  others.  We  wrish 
them   success. 

Fellow  Exchange  Editor,  is  it  not 
true  that  to  be  editor  of  this  depart- 
ment, is  similar  to  being  critic  of  some 
meeting  or  society?  We  all  agree 
that  it  is  not  the  most  pleasant  thing 
to  find  faults  and  tell  their  owners 
about  them.  What  we  have  said 
throughout  the  year,  was  said  in  a 
kind  and  helpful  spirit  and  we  sincere- 
ly hope  that  every  thing  was  received 
in  the  same  spirit. 

We  have  several  especially  good 
papers.  Senior  issues.  Commencement 
numbers,  etc.  Among  them  are  such 
as  the  "Aerolith,"  a  fine,  attractive  pa- 
per, tastefully  arranged.  Your  "cuts" 
are  of  good  type.  The  Section  devot- 
ed to  New  Buildings"  shows  that  a 
fine  spirit  of  loyalty  surrounds  "Mis- 
sion House  College."  You  have  a 
bright  future  ahead.  Keep  on!  You 
will   some  day  reach  your  goal! 

"Fifth  Avenue  Life,"  your  cover  de- 
sign is  good.  The  "write  ups"  are 
short  and  spicy.  Every  reader  should 
be  interested  in  the  "Educational  De- 
partment. It  contains  many  educa- 
tive facts. 

"The  'Signal"  holds  a  prominent 
place  on  our  exchange  table.  It  is 
an  attractive  paper.  Dedicating  the 
May  and  June  issue  to  your  retiring 
principal  shows  in  what  degree  of  es- 
teem you  hold  the  aged  Doctor. 


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